Lithuania Archives and Libraries
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- Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from Lithuania as well as information on archival institutions throughout the European continent.
- Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
- If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
- Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
Archives[edit | edit source]
Lithuanian State History Archive
Mindaugo g. 8, Vilnius, LT-03134
Lithuania
Telephone: + 370 5 2137482
E-mail address: istorijos.archyvas@lvia.lt
Website
- Use these archives for birth, marriage, and death records (Church and civil)
Lithuanian Central State Archives
O. Milašiaus 21
LT 10102 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 247 7811
Fax: +370 5 276 5318
E-mail: lcva@archyvai.lt
Website
- Use these archives for citizenship and passport records
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Martynas Mažvydas,
National Library of Lithuania
Klaipėda University Klaipėda, Lithuania
Vilnius University Library
Museums[edit | edit source]
Record Offices[edit | edit source]
Lithuanian Central State Archives
Mailing address:
O. Milašiaus 21, LT-10102
Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 247 7830
- +370 5 247 7811
- +370 5 247 7811
Fax: +370 5 276 5318
E-mail: lcva@archyvai.lt
Reserved e-mail: valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com
Website
- 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]
- "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). [2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania, Lithuanian State Historical Archives (accessed 6 August 2021)