Hi I think my gordon family might have lived in Cekiske in late 1700's/early 1800's, has anyone done any research on that town. I also think my lebowitz family...
Dear Keidaners, Yesterday I distributed to the members of the Kedainiai Vital Records Translation project eight years of marriage records, bringing to ...
I want to second Lynn's Lubamersky's recommendation for Daniel Mendelsohn's "The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million," which was also highly praised in ...
Amongst the 4,300 birth records that have been distributed to qualified donors by Olga Zabludoff, coordinator of the LitvakSIG Kedainiai Vital Records project,...
Keidaner friends, I wonder if any of you have, like me, recently discovered the amazing Google Earth program. It's one of the many new services Google has...
Hello all, Newly joined member here. I've been interested in genealogy for many years and have managed to track many of my ancestors to a variety of towns and...
Sally, Let me echo Andy Cassel's recommendations to both work with Regina and see if you can meet Yudel Ronder. I did both - she is fabulous to work with, and ...
Some sad news: Dr. Jose Miller has died. He was the leader of the Cuban Jewish community, and the son of parents who emigrated to Cuba from Keidan. I was...
When the Keidan Vital Records Indexing Project went into action less than a year ago, I received an avalanche of inquiries I was unable to answer. Everyone...
A few corrections regarding my grandfather, Samuel BETTEN: His parents were Solomon (Schlomo Chatzkel) Betten and Leah Dinah PEMSTEIN. Etel Leah was Solomon's...
I have released my Zeimiai web page: http://www.gutstein.net/zeimiai/zeimiai-home.htm Zeimiai is 12 miles SE of Keidan. The Jews of Zeimiai, along with those...
... Sam BETTEN was originally from Seta (Shat), Lithuania. He married Annie KROST from Kedainiai. They are buried in the Kedainer Association plot at...
Does anyone have any information regarding any survivors of these families. ?? The Stung family was very large indeed.they all seem to have vanished ?in the...
Another set of translated Keidan birth records has been distributed to qualified contributors to the Keidan Vital Records translation project, a LitvakSIG...
I just discovered that my grandfather William S. Dubins (Dubinsky?) was a Keidaner. He lived in Brooklyn and is buried in Queens. (1883-1937). His wife was...
Fellow Keidaners, As 2005 comes to a close, I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this group since we set it up here on Yahoo. I'm gratified that the...
Dear Olga, I was wondering if you had any information on my grandmother and grandfather, both from Keidan. Lazarus Cohen and Tessie Cohen (nee Bernstein). I It...
I'm looking for any data regarding my grandfather Eiszig Sholomovich (Sholemovitz or Slomavitz) born in Keidan, Lithuania January 15, 1902. Moved to Chicago,...
I have a correction on my grandfather's birth date. He was born on April 22, 1896 instead or the date I gave before. I'm looking for any data regarding my...
I'm creating web pages for two towns close to Keidan: - Zeimiai - Zheim/Zheimy in Yiddish (12 miles SE of Keidan) - Jonava (18 miles SE of Keidan) The mass...
Does anyone have any information of this family from Keidan... They were a very large family in the 1800's and my ggrandfather Isher was from this family......
Hello Keidaners, I've just started researching my family and was delighted to find your wonderful website and this forum. I'm trying to trace the families of ...
Friends, Last month Harvey Kaplan, a proud Keidaner descendent, traveled from his home in Glasgow, Scotland, to Keidan, making his first visit to the "alte...
Dear members, We are looking for any information about our family,if possible pictures of the Gladstein-Amoilsky families.Most of the members of the family...
We are celebrating the descendants of Isaac Cohen and Leah Drura Kotzen and their children David, Maurice, Mary, Cecilia and Tilly. There will be 160 family...
Ada, once again you've dazzled me with your research and knowlege of Keidaner lore. You really are a treasure; thanks so much for your dedicated, tireless...
... As Gus knows, the Meryash, Jaffee and Rosensohn families are all buried in Congregation Bnei Israel Anshe Keidan at Brooklyn's Washington Cemetery. The...
