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{{Block indent|For genealogical search, people often use various data bases and information provided by the virtual archives. [https://www.epaveldas.lt/ '''Epaveldas'''] '''is the biggest data base in Lithuania''', where one can obtain genealogical information. At present (December 2022), one can find digital images of 2,312 record books from 91 Lithuanian Roman Catholic churches in the data base of this website. They relate to the period of 1599 – 1940. The data base is constantly expanding. |2}}

{{Block indent|1=The '''complete list of all Roman Catholic church record books that had already been, or are being digitalized''' can be found on the [https://www.archyvai.lt/lt/skaitmeninimas_1286.html '''website of the Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania''']. <ref name="genealogy">"Genealogical Search", Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithiuania, https://www.archyvai.lt/en/genealogical-search.html, accessed 9 December 2022.</ref>|2=2}}

{{Block indent|1=At the Rare Book and Manuscript Department of the Martynas Mažvydas Lithuanian National Library of Lithuania, there are record books of some Telšiai (Samogitian) diocese churches preserved.<ref name="genealogy"></ref>|2=2}}

{{Block indent|1=In the Manuscript Department of the Vilnius University Library, there are record books of some Roman Catholic churches and 230 personal fonds preserved.<ref name="genealogy"></ref>|2=2}}

{{Block indent|1=In the Manuscript Department of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, there are record books of some churches and inventory lists of Lithuanian estates preserved.<ref name="genealogy"></ref>|2=2}}

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{{Block indent|1=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>|2=2}}

{{Block indent|1="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). <ref>Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania, [https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?type=asbw_8063_CHW_US_tid20044&param1=fdJmHyjdPoSBrgbIEvFhAdNJuXdhgL%2FmSpBe%2F2x%2FblCyXf9O4LQisYyy9cTxsFWE&param2=9dUI1n2R0BLDxNuWfiP4aSFOTltNdSPoIx38%2BUf%2FiXrvPdoGmStdlfwLFZYDvqkAJrWWk4yNReCLnBD%2FqPsDZd7olTZcV8HMx1G%2Fk786sE2Tis1g8dJd8zxVWs%2BbKztBnq1TfqUiqPYK9pXifXmJF23GuXP%2F%2FuMqmznMxQq%2BppBVgUNkOBT%2FzXbTwPPwm98VrnSKxAoSwdB7JQmYHILCIGz39n%2FNryeUB96p3iwZ0xMUx4obrSah4nNkueJ8ysbkNrEmmID8s%2Bzipm1lFr2lULhI2JOpdU9mOHszf%2BnRPlTHA6MVHxBYdNZBBq00L%2B67zamCwOhju%2B6R%2B4SZvR%2BA3w%3D%3D&param3=NwVEMR%2FzKcG52XsVBYEh2zk2Yklq85vdfspZPoqz2M1qypHRDDTed5vIiOf0QJloJAws3N4BZ2OFCPQG%2BRw4WpTnzaTq2VmIHxERXcUW3rVQCtxOG%2BsIEOUp0%2Ff9ylXTGucyJu3wBF4BE4auNWzgxEnpFSVhhUJ5H0GwXGOPgUd50XPlfntxMOKPjPHDANsetXaRJpUV6taSM3xHJoxUUpkKtdMm6%2BxKJzq2npadtE%2FL4g%2BpSEIzAwQYpq8ey2p95j%2Fn791BF%2BjIaNzX5LTiPepRlGLW1K9zt7kxwrcITcaPS5wq92FjcNDpN1hGcho4PmneWRysNWkLxyExNJkl5CJQ%2BQsv%2BvjXlf9H49Inp8VbyFJfNJqqhecYCRicdRWmYsQ83wo8l8eGdXHFD5HnHcbtHssPJYpAABrnAnuO%2FycB9UGJ0atYxhgblLJo2Y5e&param4=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>|2=2}}