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== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
The Central State Civil Registry Archive in Vilnius houses all civil registers through 1981. Local registrars transfer records to Vilnius after fifteen years. | |||
Vilnius | |||
==Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
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> | 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> | ||
" | Time period: 1940-present.<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> | ||
==Coverage and Compliance== | ==Coverage and Compliance== | ||
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> | Population coverage: 85% coverage.<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> | ||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]
Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]
The Central State Civil Registry Archive in Vilnius houses all civil registers through 1981. Local registrars transfer records to Vilnius after fifteen years.
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
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.[1]
Time period: 1940-present.[1]
Coverage and Compliance[edit | edit source]
Population coverage: 85% coverage.[1]
Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
- Date
- Name of child
- Names of parents
- Occupation and religious preference of parents
- Name of informant
- Residence for parents[1]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
- Date
- Names of bride and groom
- Names of parents
- Occupation and religious preference of parents
- Names of witnesses
- Residences of the groom and bride[1]
Death Record[edit | edit source]
- Date
- Name of principal
- Name of parents
- Occupation and religious preference of parents
- Residence of the deceased
- Age at death
- Cause of death
- Place of burial[1]