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Longer pages for looking things up: where emigrant records are kept, what the diaspora press printed, what the 1949 Charter says and how citizenship works for people born abroad. Each page keeps the date its address was first used.

  1. Pasaulio lietuvis and the Lithuanian diaspora pressA guide to Pasaulio lietuvis, the monthly for Lithuanians worldwide, and to the emigrant papers of Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and London, with tips on old issues.2007/02/20 · Heritage and history
  2. Lithuanian emigrant archives in North America and how to use themWhere Lithuanian emigrant papers are kept in the US and Canada, from Putnam to Chicago to Mississauga, and how family historians and students can ask for them.2008/12/04 · Heritage and history
  3. The Lithuanian Charter of 1949: what it says and why it was writtenWhy exiled Lithuanians issued the Lithuanian Charter in June 1949, what its thirteen short articles ask of people abroad, and how it shaped the diaspora.2013/12/30 · Heritage and history
  4. How the World Lithuanian Community is organised: its constitution in outlineA plain English outline of the World Lithuanian Community constitution: who belongs, and how national communities, the Seimas and the board fit together.2013/12/30 · Community life
  5. The World Lithuanian Community: a primer in EnglishWhat the World Lithuanian Community is, where it came from in 1949, how its national communities, Seimas and board fit together, and what its youth wing does.2013/12/30 · Community life
  6. Lithuanian citizenship and the dual citizenship question, explainedHow Lithuanian law treated dual citizenship in late 2016: the Article 12 limit, the 2010 Law on Citizenship, its exceptions, and why the debate went on.2016/11/15 · Citizenship and paperwork
  7. The Seimas and World Lithuanian Community commission: what it is forHow the joint commission of the Lithuanian Seimas and the World Lithuanian Community is formed, what it discusses and what happens to its resolutions.2017/06/27 · Community life