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I'm trying to find connections to my CHODOSH / CHODASCH family from Myadel
and Postavy.

Four brothers, Abraham, Louis, Saul and Samuel, emigrated and settled in
Carteret, NJ. Their sister Sarah (Sora) married Harry GOZ and lived in Ohio
and then Carteret,NJ. Their sister Sophie married Samuel WEXLER and also
settled in Carteret, NJ.

Somewhere between 1925 and 1930 they brought their father Itzhak (born about
1854) to NJ from Kurenitz, where he was then living.

Family lore has it that there were at least 6 other children, some of whom
came to the States and settled in other locations. Other relatives lived in
Ponevezh.

If any of these names or locations sound familiar, I look forward to hearing
from you.

Stephanie Weiner

Nissan (Nathan) EVIAN/Evens (or possibly some other similar spelling,
born c 1859 and died c. 1904, married Sora (Sadie/Hassa) FARB, born c.
1864 and died c. 1918 possible in Crimea from the plague. As far as I
know they were from Panevezys, Kovno, Lithuania.

They had at least 6 children:
Samuel (Shumel ben Nissan) Evens born c. 1897 (my Zeida) married Pearl
Kramer in Krugersdorp
Yossel/Joseph Evans who married Alka Katz
Hescel/Hessel Evian/Evans who married Henna. He died in Krugersdorp
Hinda Ruchel Evens born c 1892 who married Karpel Gulin,
Yockel/Jockel/Jokkel Evans born c. 1889 who married Sarah/Sora
Morris/Maurice b. c 1891 who died during WW1. It is possible that his
wife and 2 of his children were shot dead while running away from the
front line

All, except for Hinda and possibly Maurice, emigrated to South Africa.
Hinda emigrated to USA and I have her family history. I am missing
information on her son Nissan who was at Odessa in a Yeshiva when the
rest of the family emigrated to America. He later emigrated to
Argentina

I have a full history of my Zeida's line and some information on his
sibilings. But I know nothing about his parents.

Hoping someone can help me with information or suggestions on this
family

Michelle
EVIAN/EVENS/EVANS/EWAN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
FARB (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
KRAMER (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
GREEN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
JACOBSON (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)

Last year I toured Lithuania with Howard Margol's Group.
Whilst in Panevezys, I met with Genadij Kofman, Chairman of the Jewish
Community, who told me the story of the Panevezys Jewish Cemetery, where
at least four of my family are buried. What once was The Cemetery is
now a park. The only acknowledgement that this once was a Jewish Cemetery
being a small stone with almost unreadable writing.

In 1956 the Soviets stopped any more burials, and then several years
later totally demolished the cemetery, the headstones being used for
building roads, walls and some even incorporated into the wall of a
theater. Genadij then showed me the tremendous work he has been doing
to have a beautiful monument erected in the park, incorporating some
of the old headstones which he has managed to get the Panevezys City
Council to remove from the theater. This is now at a stage where the
Panevezys Jewish Community and City Council are almost ready to start.

Being so impressed with the work Genadij was doing, I committed my
family to supporting the project and also to see what further I could
do to help. I have some old photos of The Cemetery, plans for The
Memorial, an article (in English) which Genadij has recently written
for the Jerusalem of Lithuania Newspaper and other material, all of
which I would be delighted to share.

Keith W Kaye MD. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I am seeking information on R' Yisrael Isser of Ponovezh, a student
of R' Chaim of Volozhin and author of "Menuchah U'kedushah." I am
particularly looking for a last name and a date of death.

Shlomo Katz

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I'm trying to find connections to my CHODOSH / CHODASCH family from Myadel and Postavy. Four brothers, Abraham, Louis, Saul and Samuel, emigrated and settled in Carteret, NJ. Their sister Sarah (Sora) married Harry GOZ and lived in Ohio and then Carteret,NJ. Their sister Sophie married Samuel WEXLER and also settled in Carteret, NJ. Somewhere between 1925 and 1930 they brought their father Itzhak (born about 1854) to NJ from Kurenitz, where he was then living. Family lore has it that there were at least 6 other children, some of whom came to the States and settled in other locations. Other relatives lived in Ponevezh. If any of these names or locations sound familiar, I look forward to hearing from you. Stephanie Weiner
Nissan (Nathan) EVIAN/Evens (or possibly some other similar spelling, born c 1859 and died c. 1904, married Sora (Sadie/Hassa) FARB, born c. 1864 and died c. 1918 possible in Crimea from the plague. As far as I know they were from Panevezys, Kovno, Lithuania. They had at least 6 children: Samuel (Shumel ben Nissan) Evens born c. 1897 (my Zeida) married Pearl Kramer in Krugersdorp Yossel/Joseph Evans who married Alka Katz Hescel/Hessel Evian/Evans who married Henna. He died in Krugersdorp Hinda Ruchel Evens born c 1892 who married Karpel Gulin, Yockel/Jockel/Jokkel Evans born c. 1889 who married Sarah/Sora Morris/Maurice b. c 1891 who died during WW1. It is possible that his wife and 2 of his children were shot dead while running away from the front line All, except for Hinda and possibly Maurice, emigrated to South Africa. Hinda emigrated to USA and I have her family history. I am missing information on her son Nissan who was at Odessa in a Yeshiva when the rest of the family emigrated to America. He later emigrated to Argentina I have a full history of my Zeida's line and some information on his sibilings. But I know nothing about his parents. Hoping someone can help me with information or suggestions on this family Michelle EVIAN/EVENS/EVANS/EWAN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel) FARB (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel) KRAMER (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel) GREEN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel) JACOBSON (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
Last year I toured Lithuania with Howard Margol's Group. Whilst in Panevezys, I met with Genadij Kofman, Chairman of the Jewish Community, who told me the story of the Panevezys Jewish Cemetery, where at least four of my family are buried. What once was The Cemetery is now a park. The only acknowledgement that this once was a Jewish Cemetery being a small stone with almost unreadable writing. In 1956 the Soviets stopped any more burials, and then several years later totally demolished the cemetery, the headstones being used for building roads, walls and some even incorporated into the wall of a theater. Genadij then showed me the tremendous work he has been doing to have a beautiful monument erected in the park, incorporating some of the old headstones which he has managed to get the Panevezys City Council to remove from the theater. This is now at a stage where the Panevezys Jewish Community and City Council are almost ready to start. Being so impressed with the work Genadij was doing, I committed my family to supporting the project and also to see what further I could do to help. I have some old photos of The Cemetery, plans for The Memorial, an article (in English) which Genadij has recently written for the Jerusalem of Lithuania Newspaper and other material, all of which I would be delighted to share. Keith W Kaye MD. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I am seeking information on R' Yisrael Isser of Ponovezh, a student of R' Chaim of Volozhin and author of "Menuchah U'kedushah." I am particularly looking for a last name and a date of death. Shlomo Katz
have just distributed to the qualified donors of the Panevezys Internal Passport Project another 401 records. This makes a total of 7,025 records distributed to the donors thus far. More records remain to be translated. If you are not already a donor to the Panevezys I.P. Project, you can receive all of the translated records merely by making a $100 contribution, specified for the Panevezys Internal Passport Project. Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/ You can use your credit card as the site is secure. To see a full description of Internal Passports, and to view images of original records, go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htm Just because your ancestors left Lithuania before 1915, it does not mean these 1919-1940 records hold no interest for you. Your immediate family may have left but, in most case, other family members and relatives remained there. In 1915, the majority of the Jews in Lithuania were forced to go deep into the Eastern part of Russia. After 1919, most of those Jews returned to Lithuania and had to apply for an Internal Passport. Many researchers have had great success with the Internal Passport records. Every time I receive another group of translated Internal Passport records, it never ceases to amaze me about the outstanding information presented. Several examples from this group of Panevezys records will illustrate my point. (1) Leib NEMAS / [NEMM], son of Yankel. Born 1877 in Baisogola. Applied for his Internal Passport on 14 December, 1921. (This is an indication of the date he returned to Panevezys from Russia because he had to apply within 30 days of his arrival back in Lithuania). He lived at Ramygalos st. 60 in Panevezys and was a Merchant. He was married. He died 18 July 1927. His Military Service Certificate Nr. 5151, issued in Siauliai in 1899 and his Internal Passport are in the file. His wife was Hinda FARBERAITE / [FARBER] born in 1883, daughter of Yovel. They had three children - Yosel - Born 1908, Tauba - Born 1909, and Rakhel - Born 1914. (Baisogola, Panevezys, Siauliai - you can see the possibilities this opens up to find more records. Also, his Military Service Certificate may offer the information needed to find his Russian military records). (2) Basia MILSTEINAITE / [MILSHTEIN], daughter of Abraham and Rebecca. Born 1903 in Vilnius. She was single when she applied for her Internal Passport 28 August 1920. (Upon reaching the age of 17 she had to apply for her own Internal Passport). She lived with her parents at Kranto st. 10 in Panevezys. Her mother's maiden name was BIGELYTE / [BIGGEL] and she was born in 1869 in Vidzai, Ezerenai Uyezd. Her father was born in 1868 in Vidzai, Ezerenai Uyezd. He was a carrier. The German passports for Basia and her father were issued 29 May 1916 in Vilnius and her mother's German passport was issied in Panevezys 19 May 1917. All three German passports are in the file. Basia got married to Hirsh DOLBERGAS / [DOLBERG] on 8 August 1926 in Kaunas. In addition to Basia, Abraham and Rebecca had three sons. Alter - born 1908, Shimon - born 1911, Jacob - born 1913. (Again, the records not only provide a wealth of information but also present an opportunity to do further research in the records for Vidzai, Vilnius, Panevezys, and Kaunas). Howard Margol Coordinator, Internal Passport Project 1919-1940
Hi All, My name is Vlad (Elad) Grausbard. I am engaged in search of archival documents on my ancestors. My father Grausbard Efim (Haim) ben Yakov was born in 1941. My grandfather Grausbard Yakov Mihajlovich (Haim-Lejzerovich) was born in 1903 in Bolshoy Tokmak Taurian Province in Ukraine. His father, my great-grandfather, Grausbard Haim-Lejzer ben Zelik (approximately 1860 of a birth) was born and lived in Lithuania. His father Zelik Grausbard. On site contemporary records www.jewishgen.com I managed to find some families with mine a little a modified surname (Grauzbord, Grausbord, Grayzbard, Grausborg. Groysbard), but, having analyzed all data from base, I have come to conclusion, that a different writing of surnames are formed at the same family. There is there an information with names Leizer and Zelik, the surname coincides. I have made the big family tree, on a tree the basic cities of stay and moving of ancestors are traced. Basically it is cities of Vilkija, Luoke and Panevezys. The basic Forefather at all sample by an ancestor was TSALKO (TSALEL). Please, I can-whether count on your help, what from me it is necessary? Me any archival information on my ancestors interests. It is in advance grateful for your help and your answer. With best wishes, Vlad Grausbard General Director "RENDERMEDIAPRODUCTION"LLP 050002, Kazakhstan, Almaty, Zhibek Zholy st. 50 #915 tel./ +77272718451 tel/fax./ +77272718459 mob./ +77772990858 vlad@render.kz www.render.kz
A few years ago Sylvia KAHN (elder sister of Amor LANE, and child of Isadore LANE of Philadelphia) mentioned to me that GREENWALD was related to the LANE family. I found a connection in the 1910 Census for Philadelphia. Do you recognize any names? The 1910 Census shows the Samuel LANE family from Panevezys, with wife Annie, and children Bella, Sarah, Dora (known also as Dot), David, Philip, Gertrude, Edith, and Bertha (known as Bea or Beatrice) living at the same address as the GREENWALD family. Family information says that Bella (Belle) married KOMINS, Dot married KESSEN, and Gertrude married HIRSHORN. The GREENWALDs included Julius and Louisa, and their children Olga, Reinold and Lydia. Please send family information to me directly. Jeff Miller, Maryland Researching: LAN, LANE, WIENER, YUDELOWITZ from Panevezys, Lithuania BLANKFORT, BLANKFURT, WHITEMAN/WEITZMAN/WEISSMAN from Lithuania, United Kingdom and Canada, and the United States SPEKTOR/RABINOWITZ with connection to R. Yitzhak Elchonan SPEKTOR HIRSHORN, GREENWALD, LANE, KOMINS, KESSEN from Philadelphia
How can I find out more about the members of a household in Panevezys, recorded in 1892 as three men in a family with the name of Izvoshchik, box tax payers, living on a farm outside the city. They were cabmen, and one of them could have been, or been related to, my grandfather, whose provenance I have been struggling for years to find. I have the reference number of the record but don't know how to proceed from here, and would be most grateful for help. Betty Gardiner.
From: Jeff Miller To: LitvakSIG <litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org> With the amazing help of Genners I've learned that my LANE family from Panevezys included Hyman LANE (not Max) as the head of household and wife Sarah, children Rebecca, Abraham and Lena. I greatly appreciate the assistance of Genners and have separately sent my appreciation notes to those who responded to my previous posting. The Hyman LANE family dropped out of the Harrisburg City Directories after 1920, and showed up in the Census in Philadelphia in 1930, and listed their country as Lithuania (earlier information placed them in Panevezys). And they all put year of immigration at 1910 this time (earlier records indicated that Hyman arrived in 1904-1905 and the rest of the family came in 1906 through Baltimore -- the names have been connected form the manifest to the Census records where Simch became Sarah, Abram as Abraham, Beile as Rebecca, Sabse as Samuel, and Seil or Leil as Lena). There are two marriage records (using familysearch.org) for women named Lena Lane in the Philadelphia Marriage records, one with JONES 1941, and one with a Henry HOROWITZ in 1931. There are also marriage entries for men named Sam or Samuel LANE (to women with surnames GREEN, FABERMAN, and KELLY), Sarah (one to a FISHER and one to a PALMER) and for Abraham LANE. In the 1930 Census for Philadelphia: Hymen Lane 51 Sarah Lane 50 Abraham Lane 26 Lena Lane 23 Related families in Philadelphia at about the same time included a brother of Hyman LANE named Sam (Samuel) and his son David LANE and other family members; in the 1910 Census: Samuel, wife Annie and children Bella, Sarah, Dora (Dot), David, Philip, Gertrude, Edith, and Bertha (Bea), were living at the same address (xxxx Frankford Ave.) as a GREENWALD family. Family information informed me that Sam's daughters Bella later married KOMINS, Dot married KESSEN and Gertrude married HIRSHORN. This confirmed that the "first cousins" of Isadore LANE, living also in Philadelphia at the time, were children of the Samuel and Annie LANE I'd found in the 1910 Census (Isadore was descended from my New York LANE family). In addition, the 1920 Census included David LANE as a 23-year old sheet metal worker, wife Mollie, and children Marv and Ethel. Bea, the only surviving child of Samuel, is now age 100. I'm seeking assistance identifying descendants of the Hyman LANE family.

A listing of files of Jewish prisoners detained in Lithuanian prisons between the two World Wars for communist activities has been added to the Panevezys District Research Group's data on its Shutterfly website. The list of Jews is composed of 1357 names out of a total of around 4200 prisoners. The list is composed of persons from all of Lithuania, not just the Panevezys District. In addition to the name of the prisoner , files contain additional information on each prisoner, such as place of birth, age, father's name, place and details of arrest, and in most cases photographs (right and left profiles and front view), and the file number. This listing of Jewish prisoners represents slightly more than 32% of the total, whereas Jews represented only about 7% of the Lithuanian population during the inter-war period. The Lithuanian Communist Party membership ranged between 650 in 1930 and 1741 in 1940, so it appears that probably a much smaller number of Jews who were detained were party members, and that many Jews may have been associated with fellow traveler organizations such as the Bund or the Labor Zionists. Many Jews were attracted to Communist ideals which stressed equality of all ethnic groups, freedom from discriminatory treatment under law, and the dignity of labor, though not necessarily to the economic goals that subsequently became paramount. Lithuania was not unique. Jews participated in communist activities in most of the countries of Eastern Europe between the wars (with the possible exception of Albania), and in many cases represented the vanguard of Soviet domination of those countries after WWII. It should be noted that these were not religious Jews for the most part, but Jews by birth or by "nationality" as defined by local laws or custom. Some examples were Markus Wolf in East Germany (DDR); Slansky and Clementis in Czeckoslovakia; Rajk, Rakosi and Gero in Hungary (where in 1956, seven of eight members of the Central committee were Jews); Kostov and Zhak Natan in Bulgaria; Ana Pauker in Rumania and Moshe Pijade in Yugoslavia. Jews founded the Communist Parties in Hungary (Bela Kun) and Greece (Avraam Benaroya). The anti-Semitic purge begun by Stalin in 1952, just before his death, was completed in 1956 at the time of the uprisings in some of these countries. For anyone who finds the name of a relative on this list, in order to obtain more details about the prisoner, it will be necessary to obtain a copy of the complete file from the Lithuanian State Archives in Vilna. These data will be made available to contributors to the Panevezys District Research Group for a period of at least 18 months before they are added to the All Lithuania Database (ALD). Since these data are being made available also to contributors to other LitvakSIG district research groups, contributors to any of those groups may wish to check first to see if these data are already available on one or more of their Shutterfly websites. Membership in the Panevezys District research Group necessitates a contribution of at least $100, although smaller contributions are always welcome. All contributions are used to pay for translations of original records and may be made on-line at www.litvaksig.org/contributions Shavuah Tov, Bill Yoffee Panevezys District Research Coordinator kidsbks@verizon.net

A list of 1,664 Jewish prisoners in Lithuania between the two World Wars has been added to the Panevezys District Research Group's Shutterfly website. This completes the listing of 1357 prisoner out of a total of about 4,200 prisoners that was added previously. All but eight of the persons on this new list were charged with Communist Activity. The exceptions were charged with larceny (2), foreign currency speculation (3), passport forgery (1) and illegal border crossing (1). Slightly more than 30% (514) of the prisoners were listed as females. A number of family groups are also listed: 26 male-female siblings, 136 pairs of brothers, 24 pairs of sisters, 10 spouse couples, one case of 4 sisters, three cases of 3 sisters, four cases of 4 brothers, and several cases of parents and a son or daughter. The sentences cover a wide range of lengths, but there does not appear to be any consistency with the charges. The prisoners listed come from all parts of the Lithuanian Republic. A majority of the prisoners were charged as members of the Communist Party. A large number were charged with specific activities relating to the Party's program or its organizing efforts, but not with membership. One person was charged for being a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Party, and one person was charged with being a "Sionist Socialist". The official list is composed of Lithuanian surnames (with appropriate suffixes for males and females). However, bracketed [ ] next to the Lithuanian surname is the Jewish surname. Based on the given names that are listed, it appears that all those prisoners listed were ethnically Jewish even though the Lithuanian surname and the Jewish surname do not appear to be consistent. In most cases the prisoner's file is noted to include a photo, and in many cases the prisoner's Internal Passport number is listed. This may assist in locating the correct Internal Passport among those in the IPP Project coordinated by Howard Margol. For anyone who finds the name of a relative on this list, in order to obtain more details about the prisoner, it will be necessary to obtain the complete file from the Lithuanian State Archives in Vilnius. These data will be made available to contributors to the Panevezys District Research Group at least 18 months before they are added to the All Lithuania Database (ALD). Since these data are being made available to other LitvakSIG district research groups, Contributors to any of those groups may wish to check first to see if these data are already available on one or more of their Shutterfly websites. Participation in the Panevezys Research Group is open to anyone who makes a contribution of at least $100 to help finance the work of the group. All contributions are used to pay for translations of original records and can be made on-line at www.litvaksig.org/contribute . For any futher information please contact me. Regards, Bill Yoffee Panevezys District Research Coordinator kidsbks@verizon.net

In the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper from 27 December 1911 was an article about a party in Harrisburg hosted by my relatives from Panevezys Lithuania, Mr. and Mrs. Hyman LANE, for their daughter Rebecca LANE. Others at the party were young ladies identified as "Miss" including Bessie LOON, Tillie BEAR, Ida BLOOM, Mary SHERMAN, Jennie KLAWANSKY, Rose ZAMMIT (ZOMMIT?), Tillie ZAMMIT (ZOMMIT?), Rose KLAWANSKY, Lena LANE, Rebecca KLAWANSKY. Others present included Mr. and Mrs. M (Max?) LANE, Mrs. S. KLAWANSKY, Israel CLADE, David FREEDMAN, Mr. A. GERBER, Max SMERTZ, S. DANNOVITCH, Charles GAUSS, L. POCKEROY, D. KLAWANSKY, Samuel LANE, Abraham LANE, and Michael KLAWANSKY. Some of the families listed were neighbors of the LANE family, and some may have been known through the local synagogue or other Jewish organizations, or family connections. From City Directories and Census records, I know that most of the Hyman LANE family moved from Harrisburg to Philadelphia sometime after 1920. I'm looking for information on what happened to Hyman, wife Sarah, and their children Rebecca, Abraham, Samuel, and Lena LANE, on who the children married, where they lived, their families, when and where they died and are buried. Hyman was born about 1871 and Sarah about 1874. Rebecca was born about 1895, Abraham I have as 18 December 1899 (based on World War I draft registration), Samuel 12 Jul 1900, and Lena between 1902 - 1904. Any assistance would be appreciated. Jeff Miller, Maryland Researching Lithuania families: LAN (LANE), IUDELOVICH (YUDELOWITZ), BLANKFORT, WHITEMAN (WEISSMAN/VAISMAN), ZUSKIN, WIENER, SPEKTOR The database and discussion group of LitvakSIG (litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org) are hosted by JewishGen LitvakSIG is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. Contributions to LitvakSIG may be made online at www.litvaksig.org/contribute and are tax-deductible as provided by law. Contributions may also be mailed to LitvakSIG, Inc., c/o Eden Joachim, 41 Country Club Lane, Pomona, NY 10970. Contribution forms may be faxed to 845-623-1708. Please specify town (for vital records) or district research group (and town of interest) for other types of records, and include your e-mail address with your contribution.