"Jean,
I don't find either spelling in the online phone book. Perhaps the folks have all moved out or had nothing but female children (lol). It might begin Aulask- or Aunask-, though no names like that either in the phone…"
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Jean Skinner Reidy left a comment for John Peters"Thanks again, John. How do you pronounce it in English?
Question: My ggrandmother's maiden name was Ulnaskas or Unaskas - which do you think is the correct spelling and pronouncation? Do you know anything about this family…"
John Peters left a comment for Jean Skinner Reidy"Jean,
The places are Panavez^ys in the Kaunas province or gubernia.
John Peters"
"Thank you for the help......My daughter, after going thru family pix, is into researching our family tree.....and has a good start. I'm sure at some point we'll need more help and am glad to have this site to turn to. TY."
John Peters replied to Nina Jankauskas's discussion Lithuanian-Americans moving back to Lithuania in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"Nina,
There are no online passenger records such as manifests for those departing a country (except for Hamburg and Bremen cities) -- and probably none elsewhere either because manifests were first simply lists created by and for the shipping…"
John Peters replied to JoAnn Stringer's discussion Where'd they go? My people left Lithuania and went to NY/NJ in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"JoAnn,
The surname would indeed have been Molius^us in Lithuanian. The "s^" is one of the two letters "s" in Lithuanian and it is pronounced "sh" as in the English word "shout." So the name is pronounced…"
John Peters replied to J Oakes's discussion Surname Spelling Challenges: Kreipovich, Geraitis/Giraitis, Strimike & Maldabuois ? in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"Here are the rules for surname endings. The masculine endings of surnames generally is "-as," "-is", "-ys", "-us", and sometimes "-a". The ending "-e" would be a female ending, so…"
John Peters replied to J Oakes's discussion What is the correct spelling & where is "Buktiniku, Lithuana"? in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"Buktininkai (not Buktinikai) is in the Alytus district, east-north-east of Simnas, an area that prior to WWI would have been in the Suwalki gubernia or province of the Russian Empire. The area borders Poland thus has a mixed population of ethnic…"
John Peters left a comment for Joan Soldwisch"I can't find the message on the web site that I received via email on your quest to find information on John and Anna (Jasaitis) Klimas. It wasn't clear whether or not you found the 1910 and 1930 US Census for them, that they were married…"
John Peters replied to NancySue2's discussion Tamossus or Tamosius Bajorunas from Šiauliai, Lithuania (1894) in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"Nancy,
I don't know where you got S^iauliai as a place where Tamos^ius was from (unless you mean the district of that name), but on the manifest his last residence and place of birth is Waldcykin or Waldcyki, both of which are Polish spellings…"
John Peters replied to Richie C.'s discussion In Lithuania: Kaunas County in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"There is a very small village named Kovenka on the very border of Lithuania and Latvia in the Zarasai district 5km north of the town of Zarasai.
John Peters"
John Peters replied to Richie C.'s discussion The Elusive Village in the Old Country: How can I discover it? in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"The abbreviation, "sen.", means seniūnija, which is a kind of administrative division like a township or borough in the U.S., larger than a village but smaller than a town.
The English web page of the Lithuanian post office (Lietuvos…"
John Peters replied to Richie C.'s discussion The Elusive Village in the Old Country: How can I discover it? in the group Genealogy of Lithuania"Linda,
Today and since WWI, the town of Aleksandrowo in Lithuania has been called Žemaičių Naumiestis in the Šilutė. It is called Neishtat Sugind in Yiddish, Neustadt Sugind in German, Ir Chadash Sugind in Hebrew, Aleksandrovsk in Russian,…"
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- At 10:51am on March 19, 2011, Jean Skinner Reidy said…
Thanks again, John. How do you pronounce it in English?
Question: My ggrandmother's maiden name was Ulnaskas or Unaskas - which do you think is the correct spelling and pronouncation? Do you know anything about this family name? Don't believe they came to the USA. Jean Skinner Reidy
- At 10:00pm on March 8, 2011,
Joan Soldwisch said…
- Thank you for the help......My daughter, after going thru family pix, is into researching our family tree.....and has a good start. I'm sure at some point we'll need more help and am glad to have this site to turn to. TY.
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