Hullo Ron, There were a great many Lithuanians migrated to Scotland in the later decades of the 19th century & the early decades of the 20th. Like the Irish who preceded them, they were unpopular because of their ethnicity & also more importantly because the coalmasters would use them as strike breakers. Guthrie Hutton in his "Lanarkshire's Mining Legacy" makes mention of the fact that around 6,000 of them settled in Lanarkshire, principally around the Bellshill, Carfin area. A lot of them were incorrectly referred to as "Poles", most probably due to ignorance or indifference, language difficulties too, in all probability would play a part in this. The names you mentioned, don't look Polish, but perhaps someone better qualified on this might enlighten us? Incidentally, on the mcpitz webpages, I posted a list of miners killed in my hometown of Blantyre in the 90 years from 1870 to 1960... there were several miners with very similar names to yours killed in the early 1900's. I'm not aware of any records retained on these migrants, but would be interested to know... perhaps there's a Lithuanian Society in Scotland? Cheers Jim Rouse <==============================<>=============================> A man cannae bear a' his ain kin aboot on his ain back. Genealogy Hamepage: http://homepages.go.com/~seimi/genes.html <===============================================================> <==============================<>================================>

Hi Jim, Over the years I've had some correspondence regarding the Lithuanians who settled in Scotland. My wife's side of the family has connections to the Lithuanians who came to Stevenston in Ayrshire. Hope the following para is helpful It's taken from our threetowners website. "The Lithuanians in Scotland: a personal view" by John Millar. 1998. Published by House of Lochar, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll, PA61 7YR . Price £13.99 plus postage. Paperback with 166 pages. "John Millar is a Scot born of parents who left Lithuania before the Great War to escape persecution and find employment in industrial central Scotland. Through a selection of reminiscences from members of the Lithuanian community in Scotland and his own detailed research he traces their struggle for survival in an alien world." John grew up in Stevenston John is a member of the Largs Family History Society and a regular visitor to Ardrossan Library. I believe you can make contact with him through the librarian there Jill McColl. [email protected] I'm unsure regarding availabilty of the book in general though I had heard it's available through inter-library loan in the USA. Hugh McCallum http://www.threetowners.com Ardrossan - Saltcoats - Stevenston