Pusalotas, Pushelat, Pushelot, Pusholaty, Pishelot, Pushlat Lithuania

Location & other names of Pushelat

Latitude 55°44´, Longitude 24°41´ Pusalotas, Pushelot, Pusholaty, Pishelot, Pushlat Lithuania

Synagogue Dedication Ceremony.

Pusalotas Rabbi's.

Mendel Margolis

1854-1920

Find your Abraham, Issac, and Jacob
From extensive geneological research in Lithuania and Latvia I have traced my family history back to 1747.

Now you can, too.

Howard Margol, Past President of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)

16th Group Roots Tour to Lithuania
June 30, 2009 Learn more

Roots Tour Photos

Pusalotas archival holdings

1834 Pusalotas Revision List

1844 Pusalotas Taxpayers living out of town

1864 Pusalotas property owners

Introduction to the 1882 Pusalotas Family List by Howard Margol

1882 Pusalotas Family List

1911 Pusalotas fire

A map of Pusalotas today

16th Group "Roots Tour"

JEWISH HERITAGE TRIP TO LITHUANIA
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A GROUP TRIP TO LITHUANIA IN JULY, 2009 PLEASE CONTACT US - LitvakTrip@gmail.com
(Side trips to Belarus, Latvia, and NE Poland can be included) JUNE 30 THRU JULY 10, 2009

Trip BackgroundThis will be the 16th group trip I have organized and and Peggy Freedman's 4th trip. We are familiar with most of the country and have a good “feel” for which places are of most interest. Prior to the trip we will inform you of the do’s and don’ts, what to wear, what to take with, what to leave home, and many other little tips that help make the trip an enjoyable one. While this is a group trip, we try as much as possible to make it a personal trip. Peggy and I will go out of our way to take care of everyone’s personal needs.

I do not organize group trips to Lithuania for profit. My main purpose is to offer Jews an opportunity to go back to their roots, to encourage them to research their ancestors, and to enable them to see the rebirth of Judaism taking place in Lithuania. Since profit is not the main, all arrangements are made in a first class manner intended to make the trip enjoyable and meaningful for all. I hope you will be able to join us.

Howard Margol, Peggy Freedman

16th Group "Roots Tour" - Learn More

Geneological Odysseys

From Lithuania 1912 To Jerusalem 2004

Geneology, the detective-like researching of family trees, attracts old and young alike. Even those who don't consider themselves very religious establish a closer personal bond and find a way of connecting to Judaism.

If you know more about Abraham, Issac, and Jacob than your own grandparents and great grandparents, and are curious to learn more, then this is a great place for you to begin to journey into your own rich heritage.

           Map of the Baltics
          Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus,
          and Estonia
          Provided by My Sweet Home Latvia.

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Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania
Jewish cemeteries in Belarus
IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) cemetery listings.

You may or may not find the cemetery for your shtetl listed. When you go to your shtetl, become a Headstone Hunter and please write down a description of the Jewish cemetery there - the location, condition, approximate number of gravestones, and anything else of a descriptive nature you can think of. After the trip, please send me the information at and you will be rewarded as I will see that it gets added to the cemetery project listings!