Lithuanian Vital Records Indexing Project

1. Lithuanian Vital Records Indexing Project

2. Partial Map of Vilna & Outskirts

3. Vilna & Outskirts

4. Vilna District Towns Yiddish Lithuanian Nemencine Nemeza Novygorod p/o Vilna Podberezhe Paberzhe Podbrodzh Pabrade Rudamin Rudamina Rokan Rukainiai Salatznik, Solechniki Salcininkai Sheshol Sesuoliai Shirvint Sirvintos Shweton Siaudiniai Snipishok Snipiskes Stundishki Stundishki Turgeli Turgeliai Vilna Vilnius Yakubantze Jokubonai Yashny Jasiunai Yiddish Lithuanian Haidotzishok Adutiskis Antokol Antakalnis Barzdai Bredzia Bezdany Bezdonys ?? Batakiai Boguslavishok Boguslaviskis Chabishki Ciobiskis Dobishok Duobiskiai Gedrovitz Giedraiciai Gelvan Gelvonai Inturik Inturke Leibishok Laibiskis Malat Moletai Maishagola Maisiagola Mikhalishok Mikaliskis Musnik Musninkai Novi Vileika Naujoji Vilnia

5. Extant Lithuanian Vital records • An estimated 500,000 records have survived and reside at the Vilna Archives • A large portion are for the city of Vilna and towns of the Vilna district • Over 100 towns represented

6. Preservation of the Metrical Registers • The GSU [Mormon Church] came to agreement with the Lithuanian Archives [Vilna] to film the Metrical Register books • Record books were filmed; Indexes to the records for most towns were not released for filming • Filming was completed and the GSU provided an index to the records [by town] which is found on the JewishGen web site at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/FHLC/VilnaMicrofilmsIndex.htm • GSU web site contains similar information www.familysearch.org . See the Family History Catalog and select a Placename search

7. Current access to the records • The GSU films are available at your local Family History Library. Films are retrieved from Salt Lake City and delivered to the local FHL for your use on-site.

8. Towns w/ extant vital records

9. LitvakSIG Vital Records Indexing Project • The LitvakSIG entered into an agreement with the GSU which provides they will supply the LitvakSIG digital images of the films • In return, the LitvakSIG is to provide the GSU with whatever translations we produce. • This project started several years ago [2001] and data from many films has been sorted by town. • The large, remaining task is to translate the records.

10. Towns for which some Films are ready for translation

11. Scope of Records • Some towns have records spanning 1854-1915 • Others are more limited and span roughly 1890-1915 • Refer to either LitvakSIG or FamilySearch.org web sites

12. Vilna Records • Span the greatest period of time - 1837-1915 • Records are in a variety of languages • Russian only • Russian and Hebrew • Polish and Hebrew • German and Hebrew • Lithuanian and Yiddish • Quality varies due to age and handwriting; much improvement can be made to images with digital enhancement [programs such as Paint Shop Pro] • Many metrical register books have duplicates • Various other documents have made their way into the records: • a Ketubah simply to mark the beginning of the marriage records • Entire Vilna city directory for 1911 was made part of the collection

13. Metrical Book Cover - Births Births Town

14. Russian Birth Form

15. Hebrew Birth Form

16. Polish / Hebrew Birth Form

17. Birth Index

18. 1837 Vilna Births - Hebrew

19. Metrical Book Cover - Deaths Deaths

20. Lithuanian / Yiddish Death Form

21. Russian Death Form

22. German Death Form

23. Metrical Book Cover – Marriages Marriage

25. Polish / Hebrew Marriage Form

26. Metrical Book Cover - Divorces Divorces

27. Hebrew Divorce Form – Vilna 2205097_935

28. Russian Divorce Form - Vilna

29. 1911 Vilna City Directory