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| ==How to Find the Records== | | ==Resources== |
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| ===Online Collections===
| | *'''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 |
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| *'''1874-1897''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/292547?availability=Family%20History%20Library Zivilstandsregister, 1874-1897]. Sudmanten-Trusch (Ostpreußen). Standesamt, includes the towns Götzhöfen (Slapžemiai), Karlsberg (Vaidaugai), Schmeltz (Smelte), etc. at FamilySearch | |
| *'''1874-1920''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61298/ Klaipeda, Lithuania, Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1874-1920] - Ancestry ($) | | *'''1874-1920''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61298/ Klaipeda, Lithuania, Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1874-1920] - Ancestry ($) |
| *'''1837-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1416/ Various Towns, Lithuania, Birth Records Index, 1837-1940] - Ancestry ($) | | *'''1837-1940''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1416/ Various Towns, Lithuania, Birth Records Index, 1837-1940] - Ancestry ($) |
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| ::::+370 5 247 7811<br> | | ::::+370 5 247 7811<br> |
| Fax: +370 5 276 5318<br> | | Fax: +370 5 276 5318<br> |
| E-mail: [mailto:lcva@archyvai.lt lcva@archyvai.lt]<br>
| | 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] | | Reserved e-mail: [mailto:valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com] |
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| ==Historical Background== | | ==Background== |
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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> | | 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> |