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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Linas Margevicius
Linas lives in Toronto and has spent many winters in parish basements and reading rooms leafing through emigrant newspapers. He writes about diaspora history, archives and the press.
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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