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}}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. | }}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Lithuania using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. | ||
[[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|alt=|left|thumb|496x496px|'''Miriam Weiner presents copy of her book "Jewish Roots in Poland" to archivists in the Kaunas Regional Archives in Lithuania,''' 2001. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | [[File:Miriam with Kaunas archivists.png|alt=|left|thumb|496x496px|'''Miriam Weiner presents copy of her book "Jewish Roots in Poland" to archivists in the Kaunas Regional Archives in Lithuania,''' 2001. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | ||
[[File:Kaunas, Lithuania, RTR.png|thumb|561x561px|'''Welcome to Kaunas, Lithuania, 1993.''' ]] | |||
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | == Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | ||
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Some ways to determine your ancestor's pre-immigration origins is to interview elderly relatives. Also search records that might give clues about your ancestor's birthplace which include ''Ship Arrival Records'' (aka Passenger Manifests), especially if your immigrant ancestor arrived after July 1907 (when the manifest was expanded from one page to two pages of information); if your ancestor came before July 1907 AND they departed from the port of Hamburg, then search the ''Hamburg Ship Arrivals'' which often include town of origin. Other sources for ancestral town names are: ''World War I Draft Registrations, World War II Draft Registrations'', and ''Social Security Applications''; among the citizenship documents, search the ''Declaration of Intention'' and the ''Petition for Naturalization'', both of which often include town of origin, arrival data (date of arrival, name of ship, port of departure, names of relatives, and sometimes, a photo). Secondary sources for locating ancestral town names are marriage records, obituaries, and other documents such as cemetery records. In Jewish cemeteries, the burial plots are often named after a town of origin and people tend to be buried in these specific plots. '''Note''', keep in mind that usually a husband and wife are buried in the same burial plot, but often only one of them originally came from that town. | Some ways to determine your ancestor's pre-immigration origins is to interview elderly relatives. Also search records that might give clues about your ancestor's birthplace which include ''Ship Arrival Records'' (aka Passenger Manifests), especially if your immigrant ancestor arrived after July 1907 (when the manifest was expanded from one page to two pages of information); if your ancestor came before July 1907 AND they departed from the port of Hamburg, then search the ''Hamburg Ship Arrivals'' which often include town of origin. Other sources for ancestral town names are: ''World War I Draft Registrations, World War II Draft Registrations'', and ''Social Security Applications''; among the citizenship documents, search the ''Declaration of Intention'' and the ''Petition for Naturalization'', both of which often include town of origin, arrival data (date of arrival, name of ship, port of departure, names of relatives, and sometimes, a photo). Secondary sources for locating ancestral town names are marriage records, obituaries, and other documents such as cemetery records. In Jewish cemeteries, the burial plots are often named after a town of origin and people tend to be buried in these specific plots. '''Note''', keep in mind that usually a husband and wife are buried in the same burial plot, but often only one of them originally came from that town. | ||
See the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/admindist.shtml Administrative Districts and Divisions] article on Routes to Roots Administrative to learn more about jurisdictions in the Russian Empire and their modern-day equivalents. | See the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/admindist.shtml Administrative Districts and Divisions] article on Routes to Roots Administrative to learn more about jurisdictions in the Russian Empire and their modern-day equivalents. | ||
[[File:Panevezys 3 map.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Panevezys, Lithuania,''' Soviet-era Town Plan Map example from Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. To see the full version of the Panevezys-3 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Panevezys_3/ here.] ]] | [[File:Panevezys 3 map.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Panevezys, Lithuania,''' Soviet-era Town Plan Map example from Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation. '''Source:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. To see the full version of the Panevezys-3 map click [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/gugk/Panevezys_3/ here.] ]] | ||