Tag Archives: Suwalki

Landsmen Updated Post 2

Posted on February 24, 2019 by suwalkigermans

Vol. 25 Double Issue (January 2017) Special Section on Kalwaria: Part II (Note: Both articles are listed as Part II) The Editor reviews the information from Part I (Vol. 23, Nos. 1-2, November 2013.) https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/2016-landsmen-post-1/ Another Historical Re-Cap of the … Continue reading →

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Landsmen Updated Post 1

Posted on February 3, 2019 by suwalkigermans

Earlier posts summarized articles of interest from the Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group. https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/landsmen-suwalki-lomza-interest-group/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/landsmen-1994-1995/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/landsmen-1996-1997/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/landsmen-1998-to-2002/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/landsmen-2002/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/landsmen-2002-to-2004/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/landsmen-2004-to-2005/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/landsmen-2005-to-2011/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/landsmen-2005-to-2011-2/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/2016-landsmen-post-1/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/2016-landsmen-post-2/ https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/2016-landsmen-post-3/ The next two posts bring the reader up to date on articles that may interest other researchers … Continue reading →

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Baltic Linguistic Branches in the 11th Century from Lithuanians in Canada by Pr. Gaida. S. Kairys, J. Kardelis, J Puzinas, A. Rinkūnas, J. Sungaila.

Posted on December 11, 2018 by suwalkigermans

Available at the Family History Library. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/98162?availability=Family%20History%20Library The Contents of this 1967 book introduces various topics of Lithuanian settlement in Canada—immigration, religion, education, the arts, communication, social and charitable organizations, politics, sports, professionals, and business and industry. At first glance … Continue reading →

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EWZ Post 8: Spurgat Records

Posted on November 5, 2018 by suwalkigermans

The search with the professional researcher at NARA II was so successful that I decided to ask him to find the EWZ records of all the Spurgats I knew of in Lithuania or East Prussia. I used my list of … Continue reading →

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EWZ Post 7 A Major Breakthrough

Posted on October 2, 2018 by suwalkigermans

INTRODUCTION: I had set up a meeting with Dave Obee, former President of Feefhs, and exemplary Canadian researcher, before the Feefhs conference. I had brought all the ITS papers and some EWZ duplicates of Emil and Johann Hutop, especially the … Continue reading →

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POST 6 EWZ HUTOP

Posted on September 17, 2018 by suwalkigermans

EWZ Records Using the control number of Emil Hutop from his ITS/EWZ file, I found the correct FHL Stammblätter film, not yet digitized. However, I also wanted to search the Einwanderer films to learn how to get the case number. … Continue reading →

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POST 5: EXPERIENCES WITH THE EWZ RECORDS

Posted on September 3, 2018 by suwalkigermans

Introduction  From information on the 1931 marriage record of Emil Hutop and Anele Dainauskaite from a researcher in Lithuania who sent us a description of this record after discovering this blog, (while he was researching the Dainauskaite family), we knew … Continue reading →

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2018 NGS POST 2

Posted on June 30, 2018 by suwalkigermans

”Accessing and Acquiring the Records of Eastern Europe: Family Search Efforts 2012-2017” Greg Nelson, Content Strategy Specialist for Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the Records Division of Family Search. Although the one hour presentation included Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldava, … Continue reading →

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National Genealogy Society Conference Post 1

Posted on June 15, 2018 by suwalkigermans

The EWZ series of posts will be interrupted to bring you four reports of conferences I have recently attended with emphasis on Suwalki Province and East Prussia. The National Genealogical Society 2018 Family History Conference was held May 2-5, 2018. … Continue reading →

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POST 2: TWO SOURCES FOR THE EWZ (Einwanderer-zentralstelle) COLLECTION

Posted on May 6, 2018 by suwalkigermans

NARA II, COLLEGE PARK, MD For a broad look at this collection of records, check the Guide to the Captured German and related records on microfilm at the National Archives website. http://www.dpcamps.org/capturedRecords.html https://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records/foreign-records-seized.html#center Look for the following categories: Collection of … Continue reading →

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