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