Category Archives: Lithuania

European Ancestors – Researching in Lithuania

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Continuing with the European Ancestors material with focus on Lithuania. There is an interesting site called the Virtual Electronic Heritage System. The site is attempting to thread and bring together a variety of resources, books, manuscripts, Ephemera and more as a … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Researching in Lithuania

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Julie Goucher

There are five regions in Lithuania which are known as Rajonas. Each region has a post office that serves the outlaying villages and that town was known as the Pastas. A village or small town town was known typically as … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Researching in Lithuania

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Lithuania gained its independence after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990. Lithuania has a population of around 3 million people. The official language is Lithuanian, but also spoken is Polish and Russian. Records of the Grand Duchy of … Continue reading →

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