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-=== Featured Article ===
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+|Country=Lithuania
+|Name=Lithuania
+|Type=Country
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+| link5=[[Lithuania Genealogy|Lithuania]]
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+Guide to '''Lithuania ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+==Information==
+Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe bordered by [[Sweden Genealogy|Sweden]], [[Denmark Genealogy|Denmark]], [[Latvia Genealogy|Latvia]], [[Belarus Genealogy|Belarus]], and [[Poland Genealogy|Poland]]. It was formerly united with Poland. The official language is Lithuanian.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Poland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref>
-Today's featured article is:
+In the 14th century, Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, containing present-day Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1569, Poland and Lithuania formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries. Neighboring countries systematically dismantled it from 1772 to 1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
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-'''''Articles that Need Editing'''''
+==Lithuania Map==
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+[[Image:Lithuaniahis.jpg|thumb|left|450px|Lithuania Jurisdictions]]
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+[[Image:Vilnohis.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Lithuania]]
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+==Counties==
+Modern Lithuania is divided into the following counties:
-* Article 1
+{|
-* Article 2
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-* Article 3<br>
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+*Vilnius
-'''''New Articles Needed'''''
+*Utena
+*Kaunas
-* coming soon...<br>
+*Alytus
+*Marijampolė
-=== Did You Know? ===
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+*Klaipėda
-* coming soon...
+*Tauragė
+*Telšiai
-=== Useful Websites ===
+*Šiauliai
+*Panevėžys
-[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/lithuania/index.html Lithuania Genealogy Links]
+|}
-[http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_cat.asp?ethnicity=Lithuanian Family Tree Magazine: Lithuanian Toolkit]
-[http://www.feefhs.org/ Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)]
-[[Lithuania Websites|More...]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
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 [[Category:Lithuania]]