Lithuania "How to" Guides

How to use the guides
Select a guide from the list below based on your interests. Please note that some guides need to be completed in sequence to ensure a successful experience. Build your research knowledge and confidence with each activity you complete.

Each guide comes with three parts - Instruction, which includes a guided activity, Assignment, to test what you've learned, and an Answer key, to check how you did on the assignment. The guides are also rated as either Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced. The majority are designed for beginners.

The guides are available in PDF form designed to be downloaded and printed. To view a guide, click on its title. Once the guide has opened, use the PDF tools found in your browser to print and save the document.

PLEASE NOTE: Some guides are designed to be completed using resources found in the FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. These are indicated by an * following the title of the guide. If you cannot visit the FamilySearch Library, check your local library or your local FamilySearch Family History Center for availability of the resources described in the guide.

Available Guides
This is a work in progress. Please check back often for new and/or updated guides.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * JewishGen Communities Database and Gazetteer - [[Media:1 - Instruction - JewishGen Communities JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2 - Activity - JewishGen Communities JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3 - Key - JewishGen Communities JMR (1).pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Arcanum Maps - [[Media:Online Maps Arcanum Maps HTG Instructions.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:Online Maps Arcanum Maps-Activity.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:Online Maps Arcanum Maps-Answer Key.pdf|Answer Key]]

Locating Records

 * Online Catholic Church Records: ePaveldas - [[Media:1-ePaveldas Records Online-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Lithuania-Online Records-Assignment.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Lithuania-Online Records-Answer Key.pdf|Answer Key]]

Reading Records

 * Inserting Special Characters - [[Media:1-Diacritics-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]]
 * The Russian Alphabet - Instruction, [[Media:Reading Russian Documents The Alphabet - Activity E Vance Oct 2019 JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:Reading Russian Documents The Alphabet - Answer Key E Vance Oct 2019 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar - [[Media:Handwriting and Grammar - Instruction.pdf| Instruction]], [[Media:Reading Russian Documents Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar - Activity E Vance Oct 2019 JMR.pdf| Activity]], [[Media:Reading Russian Documents Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar - Key E Vance Oct 2019 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Reading Russian Revision List Records - [[Media:Russian Revision Lists - Instruction E Vance 2020-270229 Jan 2020 JMR .pdf|Instruction]]
 * Reading Lithuanian and Belarusian Roman Catholic Birth Records Written in Russian [[Media:1- Instruction-Reading Lithuanian Birth Records Written in Russian JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2 - Activity - Reading Lithuanian Birth Records JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3 - Key - Reading Lithuanian Birth Records JMR.pdf|Key]]
 * Reading Lithuanian and Belarusian Roman Catholic Death Records Written in Russian [[Media:1- Instruction-Reading Lithuanian Death Records Written in Russian JMR.pdf|Instruction]],[[Media:2 - Activity - Reading Lithuanian Death Records JMR.pdf| Activity]], [[Media:3 - Key - Reading Lithuanian Death Records JMR.pdf|Key]]

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