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Re: Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

andriano22 — 2013-05-21 14:30:58Z

Hello, just saying that my real name is Andrius Rimeikis :)

Re: old Lithuanian phone books online

valentinad1 — 2013-05-19 17:24:02Z

Thanks a lot!

old Lithuanian phone books online

veranmiller — 2013-05-18 17:53:18Z

I found a great website with old Lithusnian phonebooks.

Check it out at http://genealogyindexer.org/directories/

The website also has directories from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia, in addition to former Eastern Block countries and other western and eastern European countries.

Vera
Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
http://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/

Re: Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

tsadausk — 2013-05-18 03:03:15Z

The surname is likely RIMEIKIS. Professor Vanagas of Lithuania edited a two volume book of Lithuanian surnames in the mid-1980s and found 50,000 different surnames. For RIMEIKIS he showed the following distribution of occurences in the following towns:

Rimeikis:
Alsėdžiai - 5
Klaipėda - 8
Kuršėnai
Kartena
Luokė - 9
Palanga - 9
Prienai
Rietavas - 3
Rokiškis
Skaudvilė
Šaukėnai
Telšiai
Užventis - 5
Vaiguva - 2

The distribution is based on late 1940s/early 1950s records before Soviet collectivization of farms and urnbanization.

The Lithuanian White Pages at www.118.lt showed the following listings:

Rimeikis - 15 males
Rimeikiene - 42 married females

Tom S.

Re: Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

ruta44 — 2013-05-17 04:25:58Z

No, I am not familiar with that name. But mostly they are from North Lithuania - Pasvalys or around it. People from that area used to go to Latvia for studies to Mintauja (now Jelgava) or for work to Riga. Riga is the nearest big city for Nord Lithuanians.

Re: Riskevicius & Daugelis Families

IceM37 — 2013-05-12 14:39:02Z

Update: I got in contact with some family that stayed over there! They've answered my questions on this part of the family. And I'm visiting them this summer!

Re: Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

bjjg1957 — 2013-05-12 00:09:28Z

Sorry I didn't see this message sooner. Thanks for the reply. Are you familiar with anyone with that name?

Re: BRAZUNA

desenhistafernandobrazuna — 2013-05-09 18:46:52Z

Hi, Ruta,
When I said Ambraziejus, I meant SURNAME, not place, but my english isn t 100%, so, maybe I wrote with a mistake there.
I want to connect the surnames: Ambraziejus- Braziunas,Brazuna, Brazunas . I heard that Ambraziejus is the ´´matrix``of these surnames, a man from Lithuania called Braziunas said me that his surname came from Ambrosius and it was translated in Lithuania as AMBRAZIEJUS). My doubt is if some descendents with these similar names as Braziunas, Brazunas, Brazunas, Brazys, or another that CAME from Ambraziejus migrated to PORTUGAL. My family BRAZUNA is in Portugal and if Brazuna came from Lithuania(surname Ambraziejus), how is it possible? Did the lietuvos migrated to Portugal in the past?
Thank you for your attention

Re: traveling to Vilnius hopign for research advice b4 I go

energi — 2013-05-09 02:16:05Z

Hello from Michigan. You are probably already on your way there, but I also have ancestors from Vilnius and although it took me quite a while to locate their ship manifests, I found them by using Stephen Morse One Step pages for Ellis Island, Castle Garden etc. I HIGHLY recommend his search tools, you don't even need a name to find immigrants, just year of arrival or city of last residence. Wilno and Wilna is what was listed on my ancestor's manifests, so make sure you try those variations too. The fact that they started out in Brooklyn leads me to believe it was Ellis Island or Castle Garden as port of entry as opposed to Philadelphia or Baltimore. Just know that the manifests sometimes are impossible to read, and many of them have just very basic info on them. Others are a wealth! Good luck and enjoy your trip!

Re: BRAZUNA

desenhistafernandobrazuna — 2013-05-08 19:47:16Z

Yes, thank you.
I agree, anything is possible, I m still going down in my genealogy and I know my relatives until 1740-1780. approx. 7 generations, until now in Portugal.
There are many Brazunas in United States, everybody descendents from Lithuania, I saw the records. Also, some in Argentina Brazunas and Braziunas from Lithuania.
A coincidence is possible, but it would be an extreme coincidence.
Well, I ll keep the research.

Thank you very much

Re: BRAZUNA

ruta44 — 2013-05-08 15:49:43Z

Sorry for missunderstanding, your English is good, if somebody is not perfect in English, it's me.
The idea, that Braziunas, Brazuna or Brazunas is made from Ambraziejus or Ambrosius, is very interesting. I never heard about it.
If I understood correct, your question is, if Braziunas, Brazuna or Brazunas could migrate in the past to Portugal. Why not? It can well be.
But also can well be, that Brazuna sounds like Lithuanian surname only by coincidence. You have surnames like Fortuna, Luna, Runa, Tribuna, Zuna, which have nothing common with Lithuanian, but sounds like Brazuna or Brasuna.

BRAZUNA

desenhistafernandobrazuna — 2013-05-08 15:12:39Z

Hi, friends, I need informations about the surname BRAZUNA in Lithuania, I heard about Brazunas,Braziunas and Brazys coming from Ambraziejus in Lithuania. I need any information about BRAZUNA.

Thanks
Brazuna

Re: BRAZUNA

ruta44 — 2013-05-08 09:00:41Z

Ambraziejus is not area, but the name of person. May be this is wrong spelling, and the place is not Ambraziejus but for example Ambraziskiai? If you did find this name somewhere written by hand, you could attach here a copy of this document. May be somebody could help you to read it.

Re: Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

ruta44 — 2013-05-08 08:58:30Z

Sounds like this. Andrius Rimeika or Rimeikis would be Lithuanian surname.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis - 1923 Marriage

ruta44 — 2013-05-08 08:11:18Z

The place where to search church records is LVIA (Lietuvos valstybės istorijos archyvas). But before you have to know in which church your ancestors were baptized, married or where the death record was made. Otherwise you have to check all churches untill you find something or not.
Many church records are destroyed during wars, fires or lost. But many are still available. Some of them are available on internet at epaveldas.lt. The list of available churches is here: http://www.epaveldas.lt/documents/10165/20783/archyvai_porta... Erzvilkas is not available yet.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis - 1923 Marriage

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-07 20:09:58Z

Wow! A lot of info to absorb. In all these years of "looking" for Mike, I really didn't know what could be found out there. Can you imagine doing any of this before the internet?? It's not for sissies on a good day. I would probably never have found out. I am way too impatient to wait weeks for a letter from someone. I never used to be, but man am I ever spoiled now!

I have checked out Facebook - thanks ruta44! I'm trying to decide which person to contact since most are in Lithuanian. Maybe just post the same to many of them and see what happens? I don't mind doing that. It would be fun. The thrill of the search.

I checked out the marriage record and the naturalization records. Thanks, Tom! Incredible. That data base (Italiangen)never showed up in all my searching. Of course you guys have your magic tricks! The coolest thing is that the office in Suffolk County New York for them is next door to the town I was raised in. So next time I go to visit family, I will check them out.

What do you guys think about church records? Is there a place to search them? I don't know how the Catholic churches stood up to the the wars so I don't know if this would be futile or not. I've got so much to learn.

Mike's wife Tofelia (in later life, Anna) surname was Pilles ( or Pilis, or Pilius) and her dad was John. She was born in 1917. I think her father John was born about 1880 with immigration around 1900.

Yet another Lithuanian thread!

Thanks, Marilyn

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis - 1923 Marriage

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-06 21:12:39Z

Ok guys! Now you are just blowin' off my bloomers!!!!!

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis - 1923 Marriage

tsadausk — 2013-05-06 19:31:55Z

I found his 13 May 1923 marriage to Tolelia (possibly Teofila) Pilles. It's in the Suffolk County list of marriages at:

http://www.italiangen.org/

Grooms Grooms Brides Brides Volume Page Certificate Marriage Marriage Marriage Grooms Brides
Surname Given Name Surname Given Name Number Number Number Month Day Year Soundex Soundex
Aitutis Michael Pilles Tolelia 3 170 10848 May 13 1923 A332 P420

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis

tsadausk — 2013-05-06 19:20:05Z

Here is info on his naturalization at Casm Upton, NY. It indicates he lived in Brooklyn beofr e joining the army.

URL - http://www.italiangen.org/militaryresults.asp?EnterSurname=a...

Family Name Given Name Age Birth Residence State Admission Volume
Number Petition
Number Locations OS or OM File Country of
Origin Certificate
Number Repository Soundex
Aitutus Mike - 1896 Brooklyn NY - 26 6256 - - WW I Camp Upton Russia - Suffolk County A332

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis

tsadausk — 2013-05-06 19:13:12Z

Ruta has a great suggestion. With more than 1 Billion Facebook users there's bound to be a relative with an account.

I made contact with the grandaughter of my grandfather's godson via Facebook. She was living in the UK when I contacted her. Her family was still living in Kybartai, Lithuania where the godson had lived.

Also, I found the WWI Draft Registration for Mike indexed on ancestry.com as Mike Aitutus. He became a citizen while in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton out on Long Island, NY. The date of his naturalization was 14 August 1918.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis

ruta44 — 2013-05-06 18:51:44Z

You could also try to contact people with surnames Eitutis or Eitutytė in fb. There is somebody from Erzvilkas area, which is near Bauzaiciai. Good luck in your researches.

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-06 15:38:24Z

DANG, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been working on this for so long. You guys have helped break thru that wall that I hit. How cool is that? A lot of it is because you understand and know the Lithuanian side of things. Invaluable!!!!

I now have my map of Lithuania up with a big red circle around the area where he is from! Google Earth has so much to show me too. It's a great time we live in where we can get this info.

It's also neat that I now know what the last name really is and how it was spelled! I never heard it before except once many many years ago. What a great puzzle.

I can't wait to begin a search using the phone directory and town lists you have given me. Also, do you think it would do any good to check out the churches and town offices in the area? Maybe I could find his family that way too? He was Catholic here in the US. But, that may have been his wife's influence. Her parents were from Lithuania too. The last name there is Pilles. That is the next research I will do, but there are holes in her history too. She always lied about her age - sometimes by as much as 10 or more years - that actually picking her out of the info is tricky.

Any suggestions on anything Lithuanian is always wonderful. I appreciate all your time and efforts!

Marilyn

Re: Actu, Aitutis = Eitutis

tsadausk — 2013-05-06 14:52:03Z

Following up on Ruta's suggestion as to the place name,I had a Lithuanian researcher check the two volume set edited by Dr. Vanagas regarding Lithuanian surnames.

It came out in the mid-1980s and listed 50,000 Lithuanian surnames, their derivation, and the location of people with that surname in the late 1940s/early 1960s timeframe.

Here is what he found for Eitutis. if a place name had more than one family, there is a number listed:

Eitutis:

Alsėdžiai,
Aukštadvaris
Eržvilkas 8
Jurbarkas
Kuliai 9(Plungė)
Marijampolė
Karšuva
Kurtuvėnai
Linkuva
Plungė 6
Rietavas
Stakliškės
Šaukėnai 3
Viduklė
Veiviržėnai

I checked the Lithuanian White Pages at www.118.lt and found about 42 lsitings including:

Eitutis
Eitutiene (married female)
Eitutyte (unmarried female)

It's a small enough number that you m ight want to write letters to them to see if they could be relatives.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

ruta44 — 2013-05-05 22:57:54Z

It looks like Eytutis in our days lithuanian is Eitutis. There are some persons with that surname in phone directory. The place could be Bauzaiciai (Baužaičiai) near Erzvilkas. In 1914 it was gubernia of Kowno (Kaunas).

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-04 20:40:22Z

Charles would have been 30 when he arrived and about 15 years older than Mike. Hmmmm. Cousin, Uncle? But the Charles fits in with the Kazimer which you said could be translated as Charles. I have found a couple of other Aitutis men. One is 1 year older and arrived 1 year before Mike did. His name is Louis and he settled in Massachusetts. Maybe Mike went there for awhile and met my grandmother there? That makes sense. Maybe one of his brothers?
I would love to find the location of the town Mike came from. His Ellis Island passenger record says Batzdczn and the other man, Charles is from Bauzajczej. Both in Kowno provence. Do you have a clue what the town really is? Both of those names sound sort of similar so I'm guessing it's the interpretation that leaves a lot to the imagination.
I am enjoying this! I don't know all the ins and outs of searching but I'm working on it. Your help has been amazing!!! Thank you.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 22:19:21Z

Check the Ellis Island DB for Charles Eydutis who arrived in 1911 (in US 1901-1907).

He may be related to Mike.

His village is Bauzajczej in Kowno province.

Both he and Mike sailed from Bremen.

Something to consider.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 22:09:42Z

On "Find A Grave" I found Mike's gravestone which indicates he served in the U.S. Army during WW I. He likely got his citizenship through his military service.

Have you written to the VA to see what paperwork they might have on him? He would have likely been receiving a WW I pension.

His wife was from Lowell, Massachusetts and her two brothers were living with them in the 1940 Census.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 21:54:15Z

Any idea as to where he was living in the 1920 Census?

Also, did you find in the WW I Draft Registration cards?

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 19:55:55Z

The line underneath his mother's name lists the village and province/gubernia where she lives. I can make out Kowno (Kaunas) for the name of the province/gubernia.

His mother's names looks like "Anna" and the ending of the surname is IENE which is the married female spelling of the family surname.

It"s possible that the people above and below him on the list knew one another and were traveling together. At least one of the other village names looks to be the same as Kazimer.

That being said, it's odd that he is Kazimer on the ship register and he would go by Mike in the U.S. instead of Casimir or Charles (not really the English version).

How did you come to find this 1914 listing and decide it was him. His naturalization paperwork would help establish if it's really him or not.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 12:50:56Z

The 1940 Census indicated he was naturalized. His paperwork would include the name of the ship and date he arrived on. That would verify you have the correct arrival entry. His wife was listed as being born in Massachusetts to Lithuanian immigrants.

Did they live in Massachusetts for a time? What is the timeline as to where Mike lived working backwards from when he died in 1965? Any information regarding his wife's obituary since she seems to have died first.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-03 12:50:33Z

I just found his record on the Ellis Island site! How cool is that!
Do you think the spelling of his last name is Eytutis?
Now that you have told me the town I can understand it. The writing is really hard to figure out. Further over is a space that has his mother's name and then something else under her name. The passenger above him has the same words and the person after him does too. Any clues as what they are?

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-03 11:55:49Z

THANK YOU!!!!!!! I am so excited to find out that. We have no records at all. I can't find marriage records. I don't know where or when or even what state they were married in. He was a kind, sweet man but none of this stuff was talked about. At least when I was around.
Where you able to read his mothers name by any chance?
Is there an Ellis island record other than the ship's handwritten one? I haven't found that! Could you steer me in the right direction please!!!! I'm so excited to finally get these bits of info!
Thanks again.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 02:44:11Z

I looked at his Ellis Island entry and saw that the village his mother lives in is in the Kowno (Kaunas) gubernia (Russian for province).

That helps narrow down the region he was born in.

It looks like the given name is really Kazimer.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-03 00:55:31Z

Did he ever apply for citizenship which would be another paper trail to check?

He also would have had to register for the WW I draft? Also see about getting a copy of his church marriage register. What church was HHS wedding?

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-02 23:48:23Z

Any idea where I can go from here?

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-02 23:01:16Z

Russia occupied Lithuania from 1795 to 1918 so he would have been listed as being a citizen of Russia.

Tom S.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-02 21:43:27Z

He always said he was from Lithuania but the manifest has him listed as Russia. I understand the politics of the time and wish I could read the town. Then maybe i could research that and find his family.

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-02 21:40:10Z

I went back to my records and double checked. He actually arrived January 2, 1914, at age 18 on The Barbarossa, landing in NY. The passenger list has him listed as Rashimir Eytutis. I am guessing that it is the same person, as birth year and immigration year from the 1930 & 1940 census have that same birth year and same arrival year. The name is close to Aitutis - the name I have "assumed" is his name. I can not find him in the 1920 census. I do know that he went into the army as Mike Actu in 1918 in Upton, NY. The ship's manifest lists his mother's name and town. Neither of which I can read! It's making me nuts! I know he couldn't read or write and I know he began using Mike Actu as his name somewhere between 1914 and 1918. The only info I have (oral) is that he came to NY to be with his brothers and worked in a sugar factory. But you know how "stories" go. Who knows! I would like to know his mother's name and the town he was from though. Maybe track his brothers. He's become my brick wall in my research. Yikes!

Re: Actu, Aitutis,

tsadausk — 2013-05-02 19:15:04Z

Why do you believe he arrived in 1918?

Do you know what year he died and how old he was.

I'd suggest startting with the 1940 Census and working your way back to see what information you can find about him. as a start.

Tom S.

Actu, Aitutis,

adamsmac1951 — 2013-05-02 01:32:26Z

I've hit a brick wall. My grandfather Mike (real first name I'm sure was different). Was told Aitutis was changed to Actu. Not even close! I think he arrived in 1918 but the name was changed so drastically I have no idea.
Any suggestions on what to do? No one left to ask.
Thanks!

Looking for Krincman or Krentzman family from Lithuania

sgeirholm — 2013-05-01 13:46:43Z

My great grandparents came from Pasvalys, Lithuania. His name was Borukh and her name was Rakhel. Most of their childern eventually immigrated to England and North America. I am looking for any information about them.

Re: Looking for Kawalansky family from Lithuania

tsadausk — 2013-05-01 02:57:44Z

So what name were they indexed as in the 1920 Census. Have you found them in any other censuses?

How many children did they have and havce you been able to trace them at all?

Tom S.

Looking for Kawalansky family from Lithuania

CassandraWalsh33 — 2013-04-30 17:29:48Z

My great-great grandparents came from Lithuania. Their names were Stanley & Anna. I found them in a 1920 census living in Boston, MA where their last name was spelled a little differently. I cannot find anything else about them or any other Kawalansky in my family that lived in the US for that matter. Any help will be greatly appreciated

Rimeikis/Rimeiko/

bjjg1957 — 2013-04-29 23:25:13Z

Found in Latvia. Andre Rimeik 1882-1940. Understand the name might be Lithuanian.

Re: Looking for Krincman or Krentzman family from Lithuania

wisenberg93 — 2013-04-24 18:13:59Z

Hi--I'm trying to figure out how/why my family came from Pusvatyn, Lithuania, to Selma, Alabama. I think they were related to Krentzmans in West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama, who may have preceeded them. Two Krentzman girls and my grandmother were students at a special public high school in Montevallo, Alabama in the 19-teens. (There were 5 Jewish students out of 500.) The girls' parents were John B. and Sarah K. The daughters stayed in Alabama, I think. I believe that we're talking about the same Lith. town. My family names: Pruchne (changed to Rosenberg), Mindel, Tash, Hosenputh. I can send you scanned pages from the Montevallo yearbooks, including a poem by Rebecca K. Sandi Wisenberg, wisenberg@northwestern.edu

Twanowski/Tvanowski?

SEG06 — 2013-04-22 04:12:29Z

I am looking for the family of Theresa Klimowicz and husband Anthony Twanowski/Tvanowski from Vilno. They were born about 1880's in the Vilno area. Possibly married in All Saints Catholic Church? One of their children was Wojciech (Albert) who was born about 1910-1920's. Any help would be great. Theresa has 2 sisters that emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. 1) Agatha (Agathe) Klimowicz Jurgilewicz and 2)Maryli (Maria/Mary) Klimowicz Pancelewicz.

Re: Kwiatkowski-Sudovia?

eglejara — 2013-04-14 12:56:48Z

Will (and Tom),

Sudovia/Suduvia (in Lithuanian Sūduva) is another name for Suvalkija/Suwalki. There are few articles on it in English Wikipedia.

There is a database of Polish/Lithuanian nobility (in Polish Szlachta, Lithuanian Šlėkta) and it's partly translated to English: http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/en.php

Egle

Re: Kwiatkowski-Sudovia?

eglejara — 2013-04-14 12:56:47Z

Re: Kwiatkowski-Sudovia?

willm2007 — 2013-04-13 20:44:24Z

Thanks,

I will do that.

Re: Kwiatkowski-Sudovia?

tsadausk — 2013-04-13 17:58:07Z

Jon the Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society (LGGS) group at:

http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/

it is more active than the Ancestry.com boards and you should get some additional suggestions.

Tom S.