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TOWNS AND REPOSITORIES IN LITHUANIA

The database includes documents for towns within the current borders of Lithuania and towns that were formerly in Poland, but are now within the borders of Lithuania.

The documents were located in the following repositories:

Vilnius	Lithuanian Archives Department Mindaugo 8 Vilnius LT-03134, Lithuania Tel: 370/5/265-1137; Fax: 370/5/265-2314 e-mail: arch.dep@archyvai.lt
	Note: to contact apskritis/province and rajon/district archives in Lithuania, CLICK HERE and then click on ARCHYVU SISTEMA (second item on menu). Scroll down until you find the address of the archive of interest. Note: There are no archive inventories or family name lists on the above website.
	Lithuanian State Historical Archives (LVIA) Gerosios Vilties 10 Vilnius LT-03134, Lithuania Tel: 370/5/213-7484; Fax: 370/5/213-76-12 e-mail: istorijos.archyvas@archyvai.lt www.archyvai.lt/en/archives/historicalarchives.html EAIS (electronic archives information system, includes all branches): www.eais.archyvai.lt Note: The above archive requests that inquiries be sent by mail because the fax machine is not always in operation.
	Lithuanian Central State Archive O. Milasiaus 21 Vilnius 10102, Lithuania Tel: 370/52/47-78-29; Fax: 370/52/76-53-18 e-mail: lvga@takas.lt and lcva@takas.lt Note: The above archive requests that inquiries be sent by mail because the fax machine is not always in operation.
	National Library of Lithuania Gedimino pr. 51 LT-2635 Vilnius, Lithuania Tel: 370/2/62- 90-23 Fax: 370/2/62-71-29 e-mail: biblio@lbn.lrs.lt www.lnb.lt/ Note: The National Library’s holdings do not include genealogical documents.
Kaunas	Kaunas Regional Archives Maironio 28a Kaunas 44249, Lithuania Tel: 370/27/732-3073; Fax: 370/27/732-3111 e-mail: archyvas@turbodsl.lt
Panevezys	Panevizio Apskrities Archyvas M. Valancianus 3 Panevezys LT-5319, Lithuania Tel/Fax: 370/45/46-15-37 e-mail: archyvas@post.omnitel.net

Included in this database are repositories outside of Lithuania holding documents for towns within the current borders of Lithuania.
Warsaw	Polish State Archives-AGAD (Central Archives of Historical Records) ul. Dluga 7, skr. poczt. 1005 Warszawa 00-950, Poland Tel: 48/22/831-5491; Fax: 48/22/831-1608 e-mail: sekretariat@agad.gov.pl agad.gov.pl/
	Jewish Historical Institute ul. Tlomackie 3/5 Warszawa 00-090, Poland Tel: 48/22/827-9221; Fax: 48/22/827-8372 e-mail: secretary@jewishinstitute.org.pl www.jhi.pl/en
Suwalki	State Archive in Suwalki ul. Kosciuszki 69 Suwalki 16-400, Poland Tel: 48/87/565-0185; Fax: 48/87/566-2167 www.suwalki.ap.gov.pl/
	National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodno 2 Tizengauza Square Grodno 230023, Republic of Belarus Tel: 375-0152/44-94-66 or 47-28-56 archives.gov.by/home/organy-arhivnogo-dela-i-deloproizvodstva-i-sistema-gosudarstvennyh-arhivnyh-uchrezhdenij
Jerusalem	Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People P.O. Box 1149, Jerusalem 91010, Israel email: archives@vms.huji.ac.il sites.huji.ac.il/archives/

Note: Any research involving roots in Lithuania should always include the vast material of YIVO Institute in New York City. Sample holdings include:

Jews of Zagare, 1923 census
Jews living in Ukmerge in 1923 who were eligible to vote (2,083 names)
Voter’s list, 1923, Ukmerge

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011-6301
www.yivo.org

Note: Regarding the Lithuanian alphabet, for simplicity purposes and other logistical issues, towns in Lithuania are listed in the Roman alphabet and without the Lithuanian accents. Transliteration is from the former Russian spelling because the language of the relevant documents (and time period) is Russian.

Note: For additional information about documents, archives and towns in Lithuania, visit:

Family History Library:
www.familysearch.org/search/catalog
(search by place name to see if your ancestral town has been microfilmed)
Jewish Records Indexing Project – Poland: www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/
Litvak Special Interest Group: www.jewishgen.org/litvak
JewishGen: www.jewishgen.org (and many related sites available here)

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