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Lithuanian-Americans moving back to Lithuania

My great grandfather, Jonas [John] Gintautas [Gintoff] and his wife Viktoria Petrulyte-Gintautiene [Gintoff] moved to the United States som…

Started by Nina Jankauskas

5 Feb 19, 2011
Reply by Richie C.

Where'd they go? My people left Lithuania and went to Pennsylvania

C'mon....Pennsylvania had to be Western Lithuania at one point. Schuylkill County, Luzerne, the Pittsburgh area...I do remember in the 1980…

Started by Richie C.

19 Oct 28, 2010
Reply by Ian Singer

Surname Spelling Challenges: Kreipovich, Geraitis/Giraitis, Strimike & Maldabuois ?

I'm helping another friend with Lithuanian lineage and am stuck again with names. Any suggestions on alternate spellings of KREIPOVICH? All…

Started by J Oakes

2 Sep 29, 2010
Reply by Sigitas

What is the correct spelling & where is "Buktiniku, Lithuana"?

Alas...what a difference a day makes!  A kind soul via one of the ancestry.com posts I left on a message board appears to have found the ma…

Started by J Oakes

2 Sep 3, 2010
Reply by J Oakes

Where'd they go? My people left Lithuania and went to: SOUTH AMERICA

Yes, you heard me correctly. Thousands of Lithuanians left Lithuania for Brazil and Argentina, mainly. Here's a good place to discuss your…

Started by Richie C.

8 Sep 1, 2010
Reply by Gloria Weber Baikauskas

Researching Tverkus and Baikauskas in Lithuania

Jurgis Baikauskas married Petronella Tverkute in East St. Louis, Illinois.  They never said much about their families in Lithuania.  I have…

Started by Gloria Weber Baikauskas

4 Jun 30, 2010
Reply by Gloria Weber Baikauskas

Mariampole, Vilkavischki, Verbalen, Bajorai/ Henke von, Burkewitz

Theodor von Henke + Sofia Mehler = Ioanna Jenny Miranda. 1872 /07 Ioanna Jenny Miranda von Henke + Fridrih Ioann Oskar Burkewitz = Alisa So…

Started by Burkewitz Svetlana

9 Jun 29, 2010
Reply by Richie C.

Success stories--Good News--Inspire us!

I've found that hearing of someone else's breakthrough inspires me to keep going. Here's a place to share a success, break-through, contact…

Started by Richie C.

3 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Sandy Abramovich

Tamossus or Tamosius Bajorunas from Šiauliai, Lithuania (1894)

I am looking for any info having to do with my Grandfather's family from before he set foot in Philadelphia.   We have very little informat…

Started by NancySue2

3 May 20, 2010
Reply by NancySue2

Where'd they go? My people left Lithuania and went to: SCOTLAND/ENGLAND/IRELAND

The recent influx of Lithuanians to Scotland and the UK wasn't the first wave! In the late 1800s/early 1900s, Lithuanians made their way to…

Started by Richie C.

5 Apr 3, 2010
Reply by Evelyn Fletcher Cherry

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