On an similar note, I just got my great-grandfather's naturalization papers mailed to me from a courthouse. It lists his town of birth as Krecknovic Russia (Lithuania on page 2). Anyone have any idea what this town actually is called? Thanks On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Laura June Topolsky < [email protected]> wrote: > They may be doing this in conjunction with Footnote.com, which already has > many naturalization documents online. Laura > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Tina Ellis <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ancestry.com is in the process of adding Naturalization documents to their >> website. I received a notifcation this past week stating they have begun >> to >> add them to their website. I checked for my family members and found >> none, >> but if they are just beginning, I would not expect them all to be online >> until they have added more. >> >> This is what they said about their project: >> They Left Behind Family, Friends, and Familiarity... >> >> *Would you like to know more about where your ancestors came >> from?*Immigration is a pivotal part of our personal heritage, but can >> also be one >> of the more elusive challenges for the family history detective. Luckily, >> naturalization records can not only be a tremendous help in solving >> mysteries, they are one of the richest sources of personal, family, and >> immigration information available. That's why we're especially excited to >> announce we've just launched indexes to nearly 3 million naturalization >> records from 1791 all the way through 1992, and that we will soon be >> releasing nearly 2 million original naturalization records. >> >> Good luck to everyone. I found several using the free 7 day feature at >> http://www.footnote.com, and they did not have all the ones I need, so >> maybe >> they will soon appear on this site. >> >> Tina Eillis >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >

I think it may have been Krakino~w in Polish. You can use the Shtetlseeker to find it: http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp. If your family was Roman Catholic, the LDS will not have them on microfilm. You will need to write to the archives in Vilnius for them to find records for you, if they are over 100 years old. Krakinow is where the civil records would have been recorded, according to the Slownik: http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_XV_cz.2/152. There may even be a church in the town. Try to google it under the current name. That's in bold print in the Shtetlseeker. I hope I have found the place for you. I'm not that familiar with that part of Lithuania. Tina Ellis On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Laura June Topolsky < [email protected]> wrote: > On an similar note, I just got my great-grandfather's naturalization papers > mailed to me from a courthouse. It lists his town of birth as Krecknovic > Russia (Lithuania on page 2). Anyone have any idea what this town actually > is called? Thanks > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Laura June Topolsky < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > They may be doing this in conjunction with Footnote.com, which already > has > > many naturalization documents online. Laura > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Tina Ellis <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> Ancestry.com is in the process of adding Naturalization documents to > their > >> website. I received a notifcation this past week stating they have > begun > >> to > >> add them to their website. I checked for my family members and found > >> none, > >> but if they are just beginning, I would not expect them all to be online > >> until they have added more. > >> > >> This is what they said about their project: > >> They Left Behind Family, Friends, and Familiarity... > >> > >> *Would you like to know more about where your ancestors came > >> from?*Immigration is a pivotal part of our personal heritage, but can > >> also be one > >> of the more elusive challenges for the family history detective. > Luckily, > >> naturalization records can not only be a tremendous help in solving > >> mysteries, they are one of the richest sources of personal, family, and > >> immigration information available. That's why we're especially excited > to > >> announce we've just launched indexes to nearly 3 million naturalization > >> records from 1791 all the way through 1992, and that we will soon be > >> releasing nearly 2 million original naturalization records. > >> > >> Good luck to everyone. I found several using the free 7 day feature at > >> http://www.footnote.com, and they did not have all the ones I need, so > >> maybe > >> they will soon appear on this site. > >> > >> Tina Eillis > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >