"While doing my research I came across this quite a bit, William. For example, all references to Sir Charles Douglas' mother (that I can remember) call her Christian Hepburn rather than Christian Douglas. Some sources I read said…"
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"Hello Jean-Guy,
Thank you for attempting to contact me. Magdeleine has been in contact with me.
-Christopher Valin"
"Thanks, Richie! I knew you'd be able to give me some guidance on that."
"Jim,
Thanks for the info! Sorry it took me so long to reply--I missed this earlier for some reason.
-Chris"
"I recently came across another Lithuanian-American family named Virginski who apparently changed it from Wadzinski. Does that sound right? I know my grandmother used to say they spelled the name with a "W" back in the old days."
"Thanks for the great advice. I didn't realize how spoiled I was with the ease of finding my French-Canadian, Irish, and Scottish ancestors until I started working on the Lithuanian branch."
"Thanks, Richie! I'll start keeping track of other Virginskis (and similar names) even if I don't think they're related, and see if I can figure out where the name originated."
"My grandmother's family came to Massachusetts also (Stoughton, next to Brockton), and I was born in Brockton myself. My problem is still figuring out what part of Lithuania they came from."
"They lived in Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The name is sometimes spelled Verginski (like in the U.S. Census of 1910 and 1930) or Verginsky, and my dad says my grandmother used to spell it Wirginski."
"My great-grandparents were Joseph Virginski (b. 1868, immigrated 1880)) and Annie Milnius (b. 1870, immigrated 1895). I have no information about their parents whatsoever, so if anyone has any information, I would appreciate it."
"Thanks for letting me know about the group, Richie!"
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A kind of 'digital library' and 'strategy center' for those tracing ancestries in and from present-day Lithuania. I've created Discussion forums based on geographies, as this is the only part of GW where you can reply to each other! Here's a quick jump to all the discussion forums, otherwise, scroll through all the resources until you get to them.See More
"Hi Christopher,
I created a group on this site for Lithuanian Genealogy:
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/genealogyoflithuania
Hope you'll join and participate."
Sir Charles Douglas and the Baronets of Carr
I have come across different information about my ancestor, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and where he was born in 1727. Some sources say he was born in Perthshire and others in Fifeshire. His parents were living in Kinglassie, Fife, but when he was made a baronet in 1777, it was of Carr, Perthshire. Does anyone have any information that might help clear this up? Thanks!
"William, is there anything that can be done about it?"
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- What surnames are you interested in researching?
- Douglas, Valin, Virginski (Wirginski), Blunt, Burgoyne
- What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?
- Scotland, Ireland, Canada, France, England, Lithuania
- What is your level of genealogy knowledge?
- Advanced Family History Researcher
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 2:30pm on October 7, 2009,
Richie C. said…
- Hi Christopher,
I created a group on this site for Lithuanian Genealogy:
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/genealogyoflithuania
Hope you'll join and participate.
- At 10:16pm on September 24, 2009,
GeneJ said… - Hi Christopher:
Thanks for the add! --GJ
- At 5:40pm on September 24, 2009, GeneJ said…
- Hi Christopher:
After I copied over your clip from the earlier challenge, I "deleted" the old, duplicate and now outdated challenge at Most Wanted. Just in case. --GJ
- At 5:14pm on September 24, 2009, GeneJ said…
- Hi Christopher:
You wrote, "Through Ancestry.com, I have obtained copies of his military records ..."
I assume Patrick Blunt had a Civil War pension, thus a Civil War pension file. All the pension file's I've seen have significant personal informaiton. Found his pension index card in the ancestry database.
If you haven't ordered his pension file, do so hope you will.
Irish ancestries that successfully cross the pond are so important! Hope when you learn the ...rest of the story ... you'll consider publishing a write up about your Patrick and his family in one of your local journals. --GJ
- At 10:43pm on August 21, 2009,
Sherry Hightower said… 
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