Šeta, Lithuania

Bet Hamidrash in Šeta

Abandoned mill in Paksciai, 2 km southwest of Šeta

Lithuania 1:100,000 (by Lithuanian Authorities), Sheet 1406 (1938)
Karte des Westlichen Russlands, 1:100,000
Sheet 020 Kiejdany (1915)
A similar but later map (Grossblatt 319, Kejdany, September 1940) may be downloaded here at www.mapywig.org.  In Grossblatt 319, the village with the mill is called "Paksliai."


 

Lithuania 1:25,000 (by Lithuanian Authorities), Sheet 383, 1930-32

     An outstanding webpage devoted to Šeta has been created by  genealogist and researcher Ada Green  (Ms. Green is author of the article "Lithuanian Central Civil Register Archives Revisted," Avotaynu Volume XIV, Number 1, Spring, 1998).
     Ms. Green has located a number of census and tax lists for Šeta and posted them on her page. No lists located so far show Abraham or his father Pesach Jaffe, or any Jaffe with occupation of miller. The difficulty of finding records of a given individual in a particular town is discussed in an article by Harold Rhode, "Jewish Culture, History and Religion: Keys to Understanding Our ancestor's Lives and to Asking the Right Questions," Avotaynu Volume XIV, Number 1, Spring, 1998.

The Mill
Abandoned Mill in Paksciai, 2 km sw of Šeta
Enlargement of Lithuania 1:100,000 (above)

 
Enlargement of Karte des Westlichen Russlands, 1:100,000 (above)
Enlargement of Lithuania 1:25,000 (above)

 

Article about Szaty, from a Polish geographical dictionary published in 1890

"...1 w. [3500 ft.; 1.067 km] from the town there was a water and steam mill..."

The dictionary is discussed in W. Hoffman, "Tips on Translating Entries from Slownik Geograficzny," Avotaynu, Vol. XVI, Number 3, Fall 2000, and at the sites of Avotaynu and  polishroots.com.

Online English-Polish dictionary
Ectaco Online English-Polish and Polish-English dictionary

Some links about steam and water mills: