Just a followup to anyone who missed the earlier post: On Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, Keidaners and Keidan descendents in the U.S. and Israel will mark the 70th...
This follows up on my previous post. Hope Hebrew version attached -- ac Shalom to our Keidaner Friends, Each year we commemorate our families, murdered in...
I have not written to the group because until now I was not actually sure my family did have Keidan members. I just learned that my grandmother had brothers...
Hi, all of you Keidaners, I am doing some research on Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan, born in Keidan. Can anyone support the following story told to me by Elazar...
Hello List Members, There is a nice video of the KÄ—dainiai railway station in the 1930s posted in the Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. You may ...
One year ago I lost my 10-year old personal webpage for shtetl Seta (Shat) because my internet service provider suddenly did away with all personal webpages...
Shalom All! Our family is from Datnouva (Datnowa) just 9 km north of Kedian, Last names of Zell,Lipnick. our branches either immigrated to Baltimore, Israel,...
My ancestors came from Keidan, Lithuania. The family was named Sragan and I have tracked them to the early 1700s. Don't know how many of you have been DNA...
My grandfather, Hirsch (Girsh) Relkin was born in Keidanaiai in the mid 1800's. His wife was Sarah Rubenshteyn, the daughter of Ber Rubenshteyn. His father was...
Dear Keidaners, Some of you may already be familiar with the genealogical site Geni. I was web browsing last week and to my complete surprise discovered the...
My Merkel/Markel ancestors go back to the 1700's in Kedainai. Please contact me if you have connections to this family. Mark E Strauss markes@... Via...
Fellow Keidaners: As some of you are aware, Aug. 29, 2011 will mark the 70th anniversary of the mass murder that effectively put an end to the 500-year-old...
I apologize for the delay in posting this. On Aug. 29, a commemoration of the mass murder in Keidan was held near Tel Aviv. The following account was sent by...
Just a small correction - I am from the Sroelov family. Tamar Dothan Jerusalem ... From: A Cassel To: JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 24,...
A memorial sent to me by my Aunt . . . ... From: Susanne Malof <smalof@...> Subject: Yad Vashem To: "Sunni Krull" <sunkrull@...>, "Stephen Caplin"...
Dear Keidaners, The Litvak Studies Institute offers high-level cultural and historic discovery tours of the Litvak heritage in Lithuania, Belarus and the other...
Dear Mr. Kagan You wrote about Avraham-Eliahu Kaplan "His introduction to his planned commentary in Berliner "Jeshurun"; is a deep, broad-reaching inquiry all...
I'll be going to Keidan in mid June (as well as to nearby areas) and would like to find a guide there. Anybody know someone good? Who has been there recently? ...
Maybe I'm late discovering this, but it's a lovely discovery nonetheless. The New York Public Library has put the full text of the Keidan yizkor book on line....
Hello Everyone, I am a desendant of Zell and Lipnick family from the towns of Datnuva and Kedania. Are any of you from this group of families? (datnuva is a...
Dear Ada Thank you so much for sharing the site for the Lithuanian shtetls of today that we can see from the air. It was fabulous even though they obviously...
Kedainiai viewed from the air can be found at http://www.lithuania-photo.com/kedainiai-greitai/ For further information about Lithuanian shtetls viewed from...
Researching  family name Shirk from Keidan, got as far Selig "Jacob" Shirk born about 1861and spouse Tobie born about 1861. He was from Keidan/Kaunas, she i...
I am interested to know if anyone recognizes the following names or has information about this family: My mother's name was Anna Levitan (born c. 1904) in...
shalom to all of you. my nama is willy kahan and i live in antwerp,belgium. my late father was bernard kahan [dov behr] and was born in keidan olita in 1902....
Since some of you had asked to share with you the time of the Azkara (Memorial ceremony) for the Victims of Keidan who were murdered on 5 Elul - August 28...
