Lithuanian surnames: why the endings change for wives and daughters
Why a Lithuanian father, mother and daughter carry three forms of one surname, what the neutral -ė form is, and what happens to the endings on foreign papers.
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Heritage and history
Emigration waves, archives, the diaspora press and the history behind Lithuanian communities around the world.
Tracing Lithuanian ancestors: parish books, revision lists and where they are kept
Where Lithuanian parish books, revision lists and interwar passport files are kept, how names shift between languages, and a worked search from a US record.
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The waves of Lithuanian emigration, from the 1860s to the 2000s
Coal towns, coffee farms, DP camps and Dublin building sites: the main waves of Lithuanian emigration, why each began and what each left behind abroad.
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