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| ==Resources== | | == Civil Registers == |
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| *'''1874-1897''' {{FSC|292547|item|disp=Zivilstandsregister, 1874-1897}}. Sudmanten-Trusch (Ostpreußen). Standesamt, includes the towns Götzhöfen (Slapžemiai), Karlsberg (Vaidaugai), Schmeltz (Smelte), etc. at FamilySearch
| | Research use: Uniquely identify individuals and connects them to their parents. |
| *'''1874-1920''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61298/ Klaipeda, Lithuania, Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1874-1920] - Ancestry ($)
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| *'''1837-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1416/ Various Towns, Lithuania, Birth Records Index, 1837-1940] - Ancestry ($)
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| *'''1855-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1484/ Lithuania, Marriage and Divorce Records from Various Towns, 1855-1940] - Ancestry ($)
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| *'''1845-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1446/ Lithuania, Death Records from Various Towns, 1845-1940] - Ancestry ($)
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| *'''1816-1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1427/ Kelme, Lithuania, Records Index, 1816-1944], a Jewish town - Ancestry ($)
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| ===Offices to Contact===
| | Record type: Civil records of birth, marriage, and death. |
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| [http://www.archyvai.lt/en/archives/centralarchives.html Lithuanian Central State Archives]<br>
| | General: The Soviet government implemented civil registration in Lithuania in 1940. Metrical book transcripts had served this purpose previously. Registration offices are collocated with “marriage palaces” permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time. |
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| O. Milašiaus 21, LT-10102<br>
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| Vilnius, Lithuania<br>
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| Telephone: +370 5 247 7830<br>
| | Time period: 1940-present. |
| ::::+370 5 247 7811<br>
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| Fax: +370 5 276 5318<br>
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| Email: [mailto:lcva@archyvai.lt lcva@archyvai.lt]<br>
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| Reserved e-mail: [mailto:valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com]
| | Contents: Birth, marriage, and death records have the exact date of the event, including time of day for births; names of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents; name of informant for births and names of witnesses for marriages; place of residence for parents of newly born, of the groom and bride for marriages, and of the deceased for deaths; age at death, cause of death, and place of burial in death records. |
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| ==Background==
| | Location: The Central State Civil Registry Archive in Vilnius houses all civil registers through 1981. Local registrars transfer records to Vilnius after fifteen years. |
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| The Soviet government implemented civil registration in Lithuania in 1940. Metrical book transcripts had served this purpose previously. Registration offices are next to “marriage palaces” permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref>
| | Population coverage: 85% coverage. |
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| "Lithuanian State Historical Archives is the main repository of records for the Lithuanian history from the 13th century up to the declaration of the Independence of Lithuania in 1918 (civil registry and vital records up until to our days). The records of state institutions, religious communities, popular organizations and families that are maintained in this Archives also reflect the history of Russia, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and other countries."<ref>Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania, [https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?type=asbw_8063_CHW_US_tid20044¶m1=fdJmHyjdPoSBrgbIEvFhAdNJuXdhgL%2FmSpBe%2F2x%2FblCyXf9O4LQisYyy9cTxsFWE¶m2=9dUI1n2R0BLDxNuWfiP4aSFOTltNdSPoIx38%2BUf%2FiXrvPdoGmStdlfwLFZYDvqkAJrWWk4yNReCLnBD%2FqPsDZd7olTZcV8HMx1G%2Fk786sE2Tis1g8dJd8zxVWs%2BbKztBnq1TfqUiqPYK9pXifXmJF23GuXP%2F%2FuMqmznMxQq%2BppBVgUNkOBT%2FzXbTwPPwm98VrnSKxAoSwdB7JQmYHILCIGz39n%2FNryeUB96p3iwZ0xMUx4obrSah4nNkueJ8ysbkNrEmmID8s%2Bzipm1lFr2lULhI2JOpdU9mOHszf%2BnRPlTHA6MVHxBYdNZBBq00L%2B67zamCwOhju%2B6R%2B4SZvR%2BA3w%3D%3D¶m3=NwVEMR%2FzKcG52XsVBYEh2zk2Yklq85vdfspZPoqz2M1qypHRDDTed5vIiOf0QJloJAws3N4BZ2OFCPQG%2BRw4WpTnzaTq2VmIHxERXcUW3rVQCtxOG%2BsIEOUp0%2Ff9ylXTGucyJu3wBF4BE4auNWzgxEnpFSVhhUJ5H0GwXGOPgUd50XPlfntxMOKPjPHDANsetXaRJpUV6taSM3xHJoxUUpkKtdMm6%2BxKJzq2npadtE%2FL4g%2BpSEIzAwQYpq8ey2p95j%2Fn791BF%2BjIaNzX5LTiPepRlGLW1K9zt7kxwrcITcaPS5wq92FjcNDpN1hGcho4PmneWRysNWkLxyExNJkl5CJQ%2BQsv%2BvjXlf9H49Inp8VbyFJfNJqqhecYCRicdRWmYsQ83wo8l8eGdXHFD5HnHcbtHssPJYpAABrnAnuO%2FycB9UGJ0atYxhgblLJo2Y5e¶m4=pfejwOwcn%2BUvOompZXLvf44SP41RE4zXZYxTL4EYk%2BM%3D&hsimp=yhs-syn&hspart=iba&fr=yhs-iba-syn&ei=UTF-8&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Aw%2Cm%3Ars-algo&p=lithuania%20state%20civil%20registry%20archive%20database Lithuanian State Historical Archives] (accessed 6 August 2021)</ref>
| | Reliability: High.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref> |
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| ==Coverage and Compliance==
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| Population coverage: 85% <ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref>
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| ==Information Recorded in the Records==
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| ===Birth Records===
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| *Date
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| *Name of child
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| *Names of parents
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| *Occupation and religious preference of parents
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| *Name of informant
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| *Residence for parents<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref>
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| ===Marriage Records===
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| *Date
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| *Names of bride and groom
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| *Names of parents
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| *Occupation and religious preference of parents
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| *Names of witnesses
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| *Residences of the groom and bride<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref>
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| ===Death Record===
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| *Date
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| *Name of principal
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| *Name of parents
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| *Occupation and religious preference of parents
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| *Residence of the deceased
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| *Age at death
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| *Cause of death
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| *Place of burial<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Lithuania,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2003.</ref>
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| == References == | | == References == |
