Grandma always said she came from Vilna, but specifically said Shirvint (a shtedl 30 miles from Vilna but in the Vilnius region, called Sirvintos in Lithuanian). The new information indicates that the family came originally from a village, 21 kilometres away, called Gedrovitz (גדרוביץ) or Giedraiciai which is in the province of Sirvintos (Shirvint) and contains a street called Sirvintos Street – all of which could explain why Grandma said she came from Shirvint. At some stage Tuvia moved to Vilna (Sophie told us that he was educated at the Gymnasium there), and when Sorretel married she moved eventually to Kovno.
Other places where the families lived at different times (according to the records) include Ukmerge, Kernave both towns not far from Vilna and Kovno.