Village of Ingavangi - 1896

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Permalink Reply by Denise Pagel Moskovitz on July 3, 2012 at 9:37pm

Using the search feature at http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/ it was easy to locate the town with the Post Office, Prenai (Prenay, Preny, Prienų, Priyenay),  54°38' N 23°57' E

At http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocRad.asp, I searched for a list of towns near Prenai.
Searching on the latitude and logitude of Prienai gave me Ingavangio/ Ingavangis/ Ingovangi,  7.4 miles west of Prienai at 54°39' N 23°46' E. If you search for "54.6500,23.7667 (Ingavangis)" on Google maps and look at the satelite view, the village is on the road to the right of the Google place marker.

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Ruedemann on July 8, 2012 at 9:41pm

Thank you so much for that information! It is great to finally start putting together some of these clues and actually come up with a village where I know my great-grandparents lived!

Permalink Reply by Richie C. on July 4, 2012 at 11:45am

Kimberly,

I generally use maps.google.com, though it's not foolproof.  Some smaller or defunct villages will not show up there.  I think the county line has shifted a bit since your great-grandmother was married (see map).  I went to Google maps and just started typing in Ingavan.....and it popped up.

The Lithuanian Vikipedia entry doesn't have much to say, but it's interesting to see that the population in 1923 was 744, compared with 212 people in 2001.  I looked at the Lithuanian telephone directory (www.118.lt), but did not find any names close to Remeika or Krauza left in the Prenai area.

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Ruedemann on July 8, 2012 at 9:38pm

Thank you so much for your reply. What a small village! I wonder why the population decreased during those years. Maybe the county line changes and people leaving to find work in the city?!? Thanks for checking the phone directory. I was hoping to find some relatives in the area. My great-grandfather came to America in 1896 and after his wife gave birth to their 3rd child he disappeared. I guess there were rumors that he returned to Lithuania. I'll have to keep searching!

Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by John Romeiko on April 10, 2015 at 10:19am

Hi Kimberly.

I wish I had come across this sooner. My family is from Ingavangis. I have a lot of information about the Remeika and Krause families. My email address is: jjromeiko@yahoo.com

I hope I hear from you soon.

Permalink Reply by Anita Adamitis Scarborough on February 7, 2016 at 12:54pm

My great grandmother, Kotryna Aleksynas, and her 7 younger siblings were born in Tartupis. She was born in 1864. This location is literally next to Ingavangi. Kotryna's father was from Slavanciai, about 10 miles west, toward Marijampole. I have some information about her parents and grandparents.

Do you think the name Krauza could be German in origin? The reason I ask is that I have done dna testing and found distant matches among individuals whose heritage is exclusively German. Recently I became aware that there were Lutheran Germans in Suwalkija, who were involved with trade and agribusiness and I believe that the German connection is through this great grandmother's family. All of the family records I have are Roman Catholic, from the church in Prienai. and a few records from Dauksiai, closer to Slavanciai, but no indication of any German link.

Is anyone familiar with intermarriage?

https://suwalkigermans.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/the-german-evangeli...