Clay in My Boots: A Romp Through My Genealogical Past

Happy New Year Family, This past year, I found 4 new ancestors on the Snyder branch, thanks in part to a cousin Sherry Meyer reaching out to me about a David Shnayder in my tree. I believe he is the brother of my 4th great-grandfather. The new additions are all from Vilijampole is a town just east of Kaunas along the Nemenus river that had a Jewish population of about 3000 people at its greatest. Sadly, the Matzeva from the cemetery were all removed and all that remains is a single memorial marker. Carol and I visited here in 2018. The additions are: Chaya Shnayder - A new 3rd great-grandmother  Beyla Shnayder - A new 5th great-grandmother  David Shnayder - A new 6th great-grandfather My paternal line now goes out 8 generations to the mid-1700’s. My paternal-line now staying with myself reads as Yitzhak Zelik ben Yashua ben Yitzhak ben Yashua ben Shmuel ben Zelik David ben Mortkhel ben Gershon ben David. All of whom are in the Y-haplogroup G-M201 as my Y-DNA indicates. I had my Y-DNA