ÿþ<html> <head> <title>How to Trace your Lithuanian Ancestors</title> <link href="trispalve.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="trispalve.ico"> <meta name=description content="How to Trace your Lithuanian Ancestors "> <meta name=keywords content="Ancestors, Lithuania, Vilnius, Kaunas, Palanga, Klaipeda, Aukstautija, Dzukija, Suvalkija, Zemaitija. Mazoi Lietuva, ethnic regions, Lithuania, Lietuva "> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 GMT"> </head> <body><p><a href="http://www.thelithuanians.com/index.html"> [Home</a>]</p><p><a href="http://www.thelithuanians.com/page16.html"> [Return to Genealogy]</a> </p> <p> <HR> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4017097008206262"; /* 728x90, created 3/30/09 */ google_ad_slot = "8159395529"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <HR> <center> <font face="Arial"> <strong>How to Trace your Lithuanian Ancestors</strong></font></p> <font size="1"> </center> <center> <!--insert what you want--> </center> <center> <!--insert what you want--> </center> <p><br /> <li><strong>Contents</strong></p> <p> <li>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS<br /> <li>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br /> <li>ABBREVIATIONS<br /> <li>GUBERNIJA MAPS<br /> <p> <li>INTRODUCTION<br />     <ul> <li> Where to start<br />     <li> What you can expect to find<br />     <li>US Sources</p> <p> <li>Part I Major Sources</p> <ul> <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> <li> <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> <p> <strong><br />Part 2 Other Sources</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>5. THE LITHUANIAN STATE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES<br /></strong> Lithuanian State Archives records<br /> Research in the Lithuanian State Archives</li> <li><font size="2"><strong> 6. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture</strong></font></li> <li><font size="2"><strong> 7. Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society</strong></font></li> <li><font size="2"><strong> 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> <li><font size="2"><strong> 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> <li><font size="2"><strong> 13. RESEARCH SERVIES, SOCITIES AND REPOSITORIES</strong><br /> Research Services<br /> Societies<br /> Record repositories</font></li></ul> <font size="2"> <p> <HR> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-4017097008206262"; /* 728x90, created 3/30/09 */ google_ad_slot = "8159395529"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <HR> <a href="http://www.thelithuanians.com/index.html">[Home</a>]</p> <p> <a href="http://www.thelithuanians.com/page6.html">[Return to Genealogy]</a></p> <p><br />                                                                    </p></font></font> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7352742-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script> </body> </html>