Serunitz, Lithuania 1907

AnnetteBurstein

My deceased father-in-law's US Petition for Naturalization document indicates his place of birth as Serunitz, Lithuania on 18 October 1907 however, I am unable to locate any such place on a map of Lithuania.

Any idea where in Lithuania this town may have been?

Christopher Kovach_1

Here is the relevant passenger list:https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5CX-94D1?i=536&cc=1923888

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0irvintos

AnnetteBurstein

Thank you!

RobertWessel

@AnnetteBurstein

The ship manifest lists the city of birth as Shirwint. The local spelling of this would most likely be Schirwindt, an extinct town on the German-Prussian border. There is considerable information about this town at https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-extinct-town-of-schirwindt-kudirkos-naumiestis-lithuania

Hope this sheds some light on your search. Happy hunting!

RobertWessel

@AnnetteBurstein

Additional information can be found on Jewishgen.org at ther link below. Click the link and scroll down to Sirvintos listing in the table to see what records are included for this town. You willl also see several different spellings for the name of the town.

Lithuania Vital Records Database

https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm

This includes records which were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (see Locality Index), as well as non-microfilmed records indexed in archives in Lithuania.