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Goal 3: Learn about Lithuania census and church records.
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ALearn about Lithuania census records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Lithuania census records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Lithuania Census Records - Lists: Learn about revision lists and other census lists in Lithuania.
Revision Lists and Other Census Lists
BLearn about Lithuania church records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Lithuania church records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Lithuania Church Records - Catholic: Learn about Roman Catholic records in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives.
Lithuania Roman Catholic Parish Registers (in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives and Online) - Learn about using the ePaveldas site to access Roman Catholic records.
FS—Catholic Church Records - Lutheran: Watch this video to learn about Lutherans in Lithuania.
BYU—Lutherans in Lithuania—55:16
- Resources: Find more resources for research on the
Genealogy of Lithuania site. - Explore this list of churches from the Vilnius Archives.
- Jewish: Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Lithuania.
- Explore the JewishGen Lithuania database.
Record Search Practice |
Sherel Silin is mentioned in a family list in Lithuania. Use the "AC: Census and Family Lists, 1795-1900" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is Sherel's spouse, and who is listed as head of household?
- When was Sherel born?
- Where was the couple living at the time of the record?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Sherel" as the first name and "Silin" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Sherel Silin.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Sherel was married to Fishel Silin.
- Sherel was born about 1852.
- They were living in Zelva, Ukmerge, Kaunas (Lithuania).
QUIKLinks
- AC: Census and Family Lists, 1795-1900
- AC: Tax and Voters Lists, 1839-1949
- AC: Various Towns, Lithuania, Birth Records Index, 1837-1940
- MH: Lithuania Internal Passports, 1919-1940
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Records from LitvakSIG, 1795-1940
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Births from LitvakSIG, 1808-1940
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Marriages and Divorces from LitvakSIG, 1808-1940
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Deaths from LitvakSIG, 1808-1940
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Revision Lists from LitvakSIG, 1795-1942
- MH: Lithuanian-Jewish Household Registers from LitvakSIG, 1835-1946
- AC: Klaipeda, Lithuania, Civil Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1874-1920 (in German)