My great grandparents came from the Russian Empire and their death certificates say they were from Lithuania. I know that Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire when they lived there. They came to the US in 1890's and lived in Pennsylvania. I have to put together a 30 minute presentation for other family history librarian volunteers on doing research in Lithuania, Poland, Lativa, and Estonia. Personally I have never done research there yet, I guess this is to help me learn how to do it. If anyone has suggestions on how to start and good websites to reference, I would appreciate hearing from you. I have done googled history of each country, looked at familysearch.org, Cyndi's list. Also below is a Hamburg record and I cannot even find a town by the name Trotzki. Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 Name: Mateus Minkelus Departure Date: 11 Mai 1892 (11 May 1892) Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 Age Year: 24 Gender: männlich (Male) Family: Household members Residence: Trotzki, Russland Occupation: Arbeiter Ship Name: Moravia Captain: Winkler Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft Ship Type: Dampfschiff Accommodation: Zwischendeck Ship Flag: Deutschland Port of Departure: Hamburg Port of Arrival: New York Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 079 Page: 646 Microfilm Roll Number: K_1747 Source Citation: Staatsarchive Hamburg; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 079; Seite: 646; Mikrofilm Number: K_1747. Source Information: Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Thanks Nancy

In 2010 (August perhaps?), there was an article in "Family Tree Magazine" on doing research in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).   On the website for "Family Tree Magazine" it's possible to buy the PDF version of the article for $4.   As for the Russian town "Trotzki", try spelling it like the political leader "Trotsky'.   Remember to try different spellings -- I think the German clerk would spell the town with the letter "z' because it is the sound he heard. I am no authority but I don't think that the "s" in German has that "z" sound.   There is a Lithuanian museum in Chicago called the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture http://www.balzekasmuseum.org/. One of the links on this website is for genealogy and you might try finding out what information they have available.   Mary Scott      ________________________________ From: Nancy Gibert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:19 PM Subject: [LDS-WC] Lithuania/Poland research My great grandparents came from the Russian Empire and their death certificates say they were from Lithuania.  I know that Lithuania was part of the Russian Empire when they lived there. They came to the US in 1890's and lived in Pennsylvania. I have to put together a 30 minute presentation for other family history librarian volunteers on doing research in Lithuania, Poland, Lativa, and Estonia.  Personally I have never done research there yet, I guess this is to help me learn how to do it. If anyone has suggestions on how to start and good websites to reference, I would appreciate hearing from you.  I have done googled history of each country, looked at familysearch.org, Cyndi's list. Also below is a Hamburg record and I cannot even find a town by the name Trotzki. Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 Name:    Mateus Minkelus Departure Date:    11 Mai 1892 (11 May 1892) Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1868 Age Year:    24 Gender:    männlich (Male) Family:    Household members Residence:    Trotzki, Russland Occupation:    Arbeiter     Ship Name:    Moravia Captain:    Winkler Shipping Line:    Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft Ship Type:    Dampfschiff Accommodation:    Zwischendeck Ship Flag:    Deutschland Port of Departure:    Hamburg Port of Arrival:    New York     Volume:    373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 079 Page:    646 Microfilm Roll Number:    K_1747     Source Citation: Staatsarchive Hamburg; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 079; Seite: 646; Mikrofilm Number: K_1747. Source Information: Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Thanks Nancy Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message