My maternal ancestors are descended from the Kulakauskas family which in the 18th century owned land by Diekimias and later Strucki-Vasnorike near Silale. There is an old Lithuanian nobility family document from the late 19th century with a family coat-of-arms listing the various family branches with names, dates, and land owned, etc. I've been in contact with one branch of teh family where we share a common ancestor back in the late 1700s. I have numerous baptism/marriage/death certificates obtained from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives. There are numerous branches of the Kulakauskas family descended from a Steponas Kulakauskas who lived circa 1700 in the Diekimis area (south of Silale). I am a member of the Lithuanian Nobility Society. Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St.,Albion, MI 49224 USA.
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