Base de données de Kelmė

Kelme, Lithuania, Jewish Records Index, 1816-1944

Information sur la source

JewishGen
Bob Weiss, comp. Base de données de Kelmė [base de données en ligne]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Données originales : Various sources were used to compile this database. Specific source information provided with each record. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.

 Base de données de Kelmė

Cette base de données fait partie d’une grande collection qui est mise à la disposition du public en collaboration avec JewishGen.Org. Cette collection inclut des document sdu monde entier qui sont d’intérêt pour les généalogistes juifs.

The Kelmė Database consists of over 2,000 data records from various sources for the Lithuanian shtetl of Kelmė. The archival records range in date from 1816 to 1944.

The sources include:

  • Revizski Skazki (revision censuses) from 1816, 1851, 1864, 1873 and 1874 (Vilnius Archive)

  • Kelmė Birth Registers 1865 and 1869 (Vilnius Archive)

  • Kelmė Birth Registers 1875, 1898 and 1907 (Vilnius Archive)

  • All-Russian Census of Kelmė for 1897 (Vilnius Archive)

  • Kelmė Postal Telegraph Savings Bank Applications 1891-1904 (Vilnius Library)

  • Vsia Rossia Business Directories from 1903 and 1911-2 (various libraries)

  • HaMelitz and HaMagid Hebrew newspapers

  • Prenumeranten Lists by Berl Kagan

  • Yiddisher Shtet ... by Berl Kagan

  • Lithuanian Jewry by Masha Greenbaum

  • Lithuanian Jewish Communities by Schoenberg and Schoenberg, including survivor lists from 1943 and 1946

  • Marriage Permission Certificates 1922-24 (YIVO)

  • Kelmė Arrest List June 28, 1941 (Bruce Kahn obtained on 1997 trip to Kelmė)

  • Annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry by Oshrey 1953

  • Etz Karut. Tel Aviv ca. 1993, Kelmė yizkor book (obtained from authors)

Wherever available the following information was derived from the reference and recorded in a database:

  • Surname

  • Given Name

  • Father's Name (usually from patronymic)

  • Mother's Name

  • Data Source (see above)

  • Occupation (or other identifying information)

An attempt has been made to standardize the spelling of the names, which derive from sources in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Polish and Lithuanian.

Bob Weiss can supply copies and translations of all census, birth, and marriage documents cited. He can be contacted via email at: [email protected].

While Etz Karut is being translated, Jack Weinstein can supply citations from that source. Be sure to provide him the page number. Jack can be contacted via email at: [email protected].

All other references to page numbers in Kagan, Vsia Rossia, etc. can be looked up -- these sources are fairly widely available. In extreme cases of need, Bob Weiss can supply the information by email.