Jan, So a better description would be "Before WWI Vistytis was in the powiat (district) of Wolkowyszk in the gubernia (province) of Suwalk in the Russian...
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nospamsky
Jun 20, 2003 10:41 am
There is now, in the Database section, the beginnings of a timeline about the history of Vistytis. Please add any details you might have....
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Vistytis@yahoogroups....
Jun 21, 2003 8:28 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Vistytis group. File :...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 22, 2003 7:37 am
Just registering my interests. LANDA(U) Avrohom Eli'ezer (not sure if this was actually his name or if he was Avrohom ben Eli'ezer-so some clarification on how...
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Robert K
nospamsky
Jun 23, 2003 12:09 pm
Sherry, The South African "National Archives website and National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System" is online at...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 23, 2003 5:17 pm
Thanks very much. I have the *STAIRS* entries for LANDA(U) I must go back and check this.... Sherry ... From: "Robert K" <nospamsky@...> To:...
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 23, 2003 6:11 pm
Hello, all. I joined the Vištytis group last night and wanted to share my connection with you all. My great-grandfather, Jurgis Satula, was a Lithuanian...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 23, 2003 7:03 pm
Eric, what dates are you talking about with these people? Best Wishes, Sherry Landa (in Salford LAN England) My great-grandfather, Jurgis Satula, was a...
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 23, 2003 9:21 pm
Jurgis was born 15 Dec 1888. Elsbiete was born 11 Apr 1889. Jokubas was born in 1858, and Jeva was born about 1865. Eric ... Jew....
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Greenvale
duksteinw
Jun 24, 2003 12:27 am
Eric The Landsman genealogical society resident in Washington DC has done extensive research on Jewish families in what is now Lithuania. I believe some of...
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 24, 2003 1:14 am
Bill, Any idea on where I can find info on this group? Eric ... done extensive research on Jewish families in what is now Lithuania. I believe some of the...
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Robert K
nospamsky
Jun 24, 2003 1:23 am
Eric, That's "The Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists". At http://www.jewishgen.org/SuwalkLomza/ it describes the information they have ...
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Linas Katilius
linaskat
Jun 24, 2003 5:38 am
Hello Eric, I think the first name shoul be Ieva, not Jeva - there is no such first name as Jeva in Lithuania, just Ieva. Besides, there are people with Satula...
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Jan S. Krogh
jakro64
Jun 24, 2003 5:59 am
Linas, Concerning Ieva - that's correct, but it might be that it was spelled like that before. Maybe she herself used to spell her name like that! I did not...
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Linas Katilius
linaskat
Jun 24, 2003 6:10 am
Hello, I've just called my father, he knew Benius Satula born in 1940s, who lived some 20 km from Vistytis, but he died last spring. That was the person I...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 24, 2003 6:30 am
Yes, it has, that's why I asked the dates. I will check some *bits & pieces* I have for those names, hopefully tonight, must go to work! Best Wishes, Sherry...
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 24, 2003 11:57 am
Linas, Is there any possibility that Benius had any family near? I am desperately trying to find relatives still in Lithuania, but I have very limited...
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Vistytis@yahoogroups....
Jun 24, 2003 11:58 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Vistytis group. File : /George Satula...
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Linas Katilius
linaskat
Jun 24, 2003 12:14 pm
Hello Eric, it's definitely "I", not "J" in Ieva, as "J" is used in Jokubas, so it's Ieva for sure. Also, the birthplace says "Podvarteliu kaime" as the birth...
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 24, 2003 12:35 pm
There is no information that means nothing to me. Any tidbit is invaluable to me. I thank you for your help in this matter. All of the members of this group...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 24, 2003 3:39 pm
Hi again Eric, Are you sure that Jokubas Satula was a Lithuanian Jew? I have checked *Towards a Yizkor book for Vishtinetz* by David L Langenberg and there is...
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jillservian
jillservian@...
Jun 24, 2003 7:50 pm
My ancestors the Brins/Browns came over from Vistytis/Vistinetz in the late 1860's to Edinburgh, Scotland. See the latest edition of Shemot, the journal of...
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fred
fredleonk
Jun 24, 2003 7:55 pm
It would be really nice if you would post these photos in the group. Fred....
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Eric
ericcollins76
Jun 24, 2003 9:11 pm
Sherry, I have no hard documentation of Jokubas being a Jew, just family hearsay. Jokubas was known to be a Jew by several different family sources. Did you...
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Sherry Landa
sherry.landa@...
Jun 25, 2003 6:26 am
Nothing at all starting SAT or ZAT...not sure what other variants there may be. Sorry :-( Sherry I have no hard documentation of Jokubas being a Jew, just...
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Robert K
nospamsky
Jun 25, 2003 7:43 pm
It would be interesting to know what the number of people living there at various times has been. The numbers listed in the timeline seem to refer to the ...
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Bert Oppenheim
oldshoes75
Jun 26, 2003 10:11 pm
Robert, my Vishtinetz entry in Jewishgen has some small entries regarding population. At the peak there were 1500 Jews. There is another entry lower down that...
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Robert K
nospamsky
Jun 27, 2003 5:14 pm
Bert, It says that at its peak in the 1800's there were approximately 3,000 people living there (almost half of whom were Jewish), compared to 650 in 1994....
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diana butcher
dianabutcher@...
Jun 28, 2003 2:24 pm
Thank you for inviting me to join the Vistytis Discussion Group. My Gt. gt. grandmother, Beila/Bailey LANDA/Landey aka Dubrinsky aka Dubinsky was b. ca. 1848/9...
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diana butcher
dianabutcher@...
Jun 28, 2003 2:31 pm
SORRY-a key somehow got hit and my e-mail was sent prematurely, prior to finishing it, so to continue: A son of Baruch had the Hebrew name of ABRAHAM "ABROHOM...
