Compiled by Kevin Milus
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
GUBERNIJA MAPS
INTRODUCTION
Where to start
What you can expect to find
US Sources
Part I Major Sources
- 1. CIVIL RECORDS
Information given: birth, marriages, deaths
Genealogical Relevance
Research in the indexes
Research techniques
Living relatives
Late registrations, army records, etc.
World War I Draft Registration Cards
Alien Registration Act of 1940
Using civil records with other sources
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2. CENSUS RECORDS
Censuses from 1795-1855
Imperial Russian Census of 1896-97
Censuses from 1918-1940
Nazi Census 1942
- 3. CHURCH RECORDS
Catholic records
Jewish records
Lutheran records -
4. LAND RECORD
Part 2 Other Sources
- 5. THE LITHUANIAN STATE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
Lithuanian State Archives records
Research in the Lithuanian State Archives
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6. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
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7. Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society
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8. EMIGRATION
Passenger and emigrant lists
Published works on emigration
Ellis Island and Steve Morse websites
Steamship Lists (Morton-Allen Directory)
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9.Newspapers
Draugas
Information given
Persons covered
Dates and Areas
Locations
Indexes
- 10. DIRECTORIES
- 11. OCCUPATIONS
- 12. FAMILY HISTORIES
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13. RESEARCH SERVIES, SOCITIES AND REPOSITORIES
Research Services
Societies
Record repositories
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