Genealogy Projects on the Geni Family Tree

Jewish Families from Ostroh, Volhynia, Ukraine

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Ostroh, Ukraine, known as Ostroh [Ukr], Ostrog [Rus, Yid], Ostróg [Pol], Ostraha, Ostrih, Ostra, Ostre. JewishGen - Ostroh, Ukraine Ostroh, Острог, Ostrog, Ostróg 50'20 North 26'31 East Ostroh is a historic city on the Horyn River in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the...

Jewish Families from Horodenka, Ukraine

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Horodenka, Ukraine also known as Gorodenka. Gesher Galicia-Horodenka List of 1947 Survivors History SEFER HORODENKA - Table of Contents HORODENKA - AN HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION . JewishGen 16th Century Jews began to settle in Horodenka in the 16th century, but the town experienced greatest influx of the Jew...

Jewish Families from Terebovlia, Ukraine

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Terebovlya, Ukraine, also known as Trembowla, Trembovla, Trebevle, Terebowlja, Terebovlia. Gesher Galicia - Terebovlya Trembowla, Terebovlia, Теребовля, Terebovlya, Trembowla 49´16´60 North, 25'41'60 East In 1929, there were 7,015 people (mostly Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish). Before the Holocaust the city was home ...

Jewish Families from Nemirov, Ukraine

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Nemirov, Ukraine also known as Niemirów, Nemyriv, Nemiruv. Gesher Galicia-Nemirov Nemirov, Nemyriv, Немирів, Peace Island City 48°58′N, 28°51′E Nemyriv is one of the oldest cities in Vinnytska oblast, Ukraine. It was founded by Prince Nemyr in 1390. It is a minor industrial center with an estimated population of a...

Mormonism Portal

Mormonism Portal is an index to projects dealing with the history of the Mormon people. Since the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah this portal also lists Utah, mountain west and regional projects of interest.==Mormon Leadership and Early History==* Mormon Leaders Project ==Mormon Pioneers==* Mormon Pioneer Master Project * Mormon Pioneer Compa...

Herzog Surname

German: from the Middle High German title of nobility herzoge ‘duke’ (Old High German herizoho from heri ‘army’ + ziohan ‘to lead’ a calque of the Byzantine title stratēlatēs ‘general commander’ from Greek stratos ‘army’ + elaunein ‘to lead’). The name is unlikely to refer to descent from an actual duke; it is normally an occupational name for the servant of a duke or a nickname for one who put...

Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie - 1602-1799

The Dutch East India Company Koepelproject met links naar externe sites en Geni-projecten die betrekking hebben op de VOC, het koloniale verleden van Nederland, en de genealogische 'consequenties' voor de VOC handelsposten wereldwijd. Master project offering links to external sites and Geni projects that cover the VOC, Dutch colonial history, and the genealogical consequences for VOC tradi...

N-VL62 (Y-DNA)

Haplogroup N (Y-DNA) is found among Uralic speakers, from Finland to Siberia, and at minor frequencies as far as Korea and Japan. In Europe, haplogroup N is only found at high frequencies among modern Finns (58%), Lithuanians (42%), Latvians (38%), Estonians (34%) and northern Russians. Haplogroup N is believed to have originated in Southeast Asia approximately 15,000 to 20,000 years ago, but ...

Geni naming conventions - Ukraine

For basic profile naming principles on the GENI network, please refer to Geni Naming Conventions page . Area-specific rules are also listed under Geni Naming Conventions page under the Area Specific Rules sub-heading. Specifics of Ukrainian names are described in a Ukrainian name Wikipedia article . Please take a look at the most popular names in Ukraine . Please read about Ukrainian su...

Jewish Families from Leżajsk, Poland

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Leżajsk, Poland. Gesher Galicia - Leżajsk JewishGen Memory Book for Leżajsk Leżajsk, ליזשענסק, Lizhensk 50.16 North, 22.26 East Full name The Free Royal Town of Leżajsk, Polish: Wolne Królewskie Miasto Leżajsk, Yiddish: ליזשענסק-Lizhensk is a town in southeastern Poland with 14,127 inhabitants (02.06.2009). It ha...

1941-1944 Shoah (the Holocaust) in Belarus

Belarus lost a quarter of its pre-war population, including most of its intellectual elite and 90% of the country’s Jewish population. Altogether, between 2,230,000 to 3.0 million people were killed in Belarus during the three years of German occupation.The Nazis imposed a brutal regime, deporting to Germany some 380,000 young people for slave labour, and killing hundreds of thousands of civili...

Colonial Americas Portal

This is the master project for all European Colonial Regions throughout the Americas; North, Central, South and the Caribbean. No profiles, please. North America Viceroyalty of New Spain New England Jamestown, Virginia - 1624 Census Jamestown, Virginia 1607-1699 New France New Netherland - Dutch-United States New Spain

Waldensians

Waldensians (also known variously as Waldenses (/wɔːlˈdɛnsiːz, wɒl-/), Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are a Christian movement and religious cultural group which appeared first in Lyon and spread to the Cottian Alps in the late 1170s. Today, the Waldensian movement is centered on Piedmont in northern Italy, while small communities are also found in southern Italy, Argentina, Germany, the United...

Jewish families from Načeradec (Natscheradetz), Bohemia, Czech Republic

This project seeks to document all of the Jewish families from the village of Načeradec (Natscheradetz) in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Jewish History The Jewish community in Načeradec was founded in 1850, and in 1919 it was merged with the community in Vlašim. A Jewish religious school was founded in 1855 and closed down in 1890. Important teachers wer...

Slutsky - Jewish Family of Belarus

While the Slutsky families all initially came from Slutsk (Belarus), it appears there were three or four independent Slutsky families in Eastern Europe that have descendants throughout the world. This project is to help Slutsky descendants sort out which branch they are from and meet fellow Slutsky researchers.

Gorelick - Jewish Family of Belarus

This is a place for all the descendants of the Belarusian Jews.>> In loving memory to my wonderful grandmother, Sara Haya ("Haisore" as her mom used to call her in Yiddish) Potapovskaya nee Gorelik. ===Sara Haya Gorelick's Family * Sara Haya was born in Zhlobin to the large Gorelik family. * She spent the years of the world war two in Orenburg along with her many family members.* In Orenburg sh...

Jewish Families from Bukowsko, Poland

This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Bukowsko, Poland, also known as Bikavsk, Bakavsk, Bikovsk, Bukovska. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1361. During 966 - 1018, 1340 - 1772 (Ruthenian Voivodeship) and during 1918 - 1939 Bukowsko was part of Poland. While during 1772 - 1918 it belonged to Austrian empire, later Austrian-Hunga...

Hällefors kommun, Västmanland

Hällefors kommun ligger i nordvästra delen av Örebro län i Västmanland. Centralort är Hällefors och näst största ort är Grythyttan. Kommunen gränsar i söder mot Karlskoga kommun, i sydost mot Nora kommun, i öster mot Ljusnarsbergs kommun och Lindesbergs kommun, i väster mot Filipstads kommun (Värmlands län) och i norr mot Ludvika kommun (Dalarnas län). Administrativ historik Kommunens område...

Jewish Families from Velké Meziříčí (Gross Meseritsch), Moravia, Czech Republic

This project seeks to list representatives of all of the Jewish families from the Moravian town of Velké Meziříčí (Gross Meseritsch) in the Czech Republic.# Wolf Altenstein # Ferdinand Bäck # Herschl Blum (1794-)# Jonas Bratmann # Löbl Brügl # Jakob Buchsbaum # Samuel Eisenmann # Josef Feimann

Conservatives & Classical Liberals

=IMPORTANT= =PLEASE READ THE FOOTNOTES OF THIS INTERNATIONAL PROJECT= ABOUT CONSERVATISM & CONSERVATIVES " Conservatism, political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices. Conservatism is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal . This preference has traditionally rested on an organic conception of society...

Senate (Belgium)

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 (Turkish: 93 Harbi, lit. 'War of ’93', named for the year 1293 in the Islamic calendar; Russian: Русско-турецкая война, romanized: Russko-turetskaya voyna, "Russian–Turkish war") was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire, and including Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro. Fought in the Balkans and in the Caucasus...

Weavers

Please add Geni profiles with the occupation of "weaver" to this project. is a method of fabric production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. The other methods are knitting, lace making, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling. (Weft or wo...