Lithuania Archives and Libraries


 * 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
Lithuanian State History Archive Mindaugo g. 8, Vilnius, LT-03134 Lithuania

Telephone: + 370 5 2137482 E-mail address:	istorijos.archyvas@lvia.lt Website http://www.archyvai.lt/en/accessandservice.html

Libraries

 * Kaunas County Public Library
 * Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
 * Panevėžys County G.Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library
 * Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library
 * Vilnius University Library

Record Offices
Lithuanian Central State Archives Mailing address: O. Milašiaus 21, LT-10102 Vilnius, Lithuania

Telephone: +370 5 247 7830
 * +370 5 247 7811

Fax: +370 5 276 5318 E-mail: [mailto:lcva@archyvai.lt lcva@archyvai.lt] Reserved e-mail: [mailto:valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com valstybes.archyvas@gmail.com]


 * 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.


 * "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).