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Lithuanian-Americans moving back to Lithuania
My great grandfather, Jonas [John] Gintautas [Gintoff] and his wife Viktoria Petrulyte-Gintautiene [Gintoff] moved to the United States somewhere in the late 1890's. I have found a record of them in the 1900 Census in Somerville, MA, in addition to the birth records of two of their three children - John and Amelia.
My question for this group is - where would I search for a record of my family moving back to Lithuania after living here for several years? I know that they moved back as my g-grandparents died and are buried in Lithuania, and my grandfather was married in Lithuania and came back to the US in 1944.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by John Peters on
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Nina,
There are no online passenger records such as manifests for those departing a country (except for Hamburg and Bremen cities) -- and probably none elsewhere either because manifests were first simply lists created by and for the shipping company so they knew who was on board a given ship (in case of injury or death, etc.) Then governments, concerned about immigration rather than emigration, began requiring increasing levels of detail on arrivals, lest those deemed undesirable enter the country. If the family returned to Lithuania prior to its creation as a formal independent state and establishment of rules for entry, then there are probably no passenger manifests. There may be a passport application in the U.S. but if they intended to return to Lithuania, then odds are they didn't have one, nor was one required then. Other than than, the only other possibility is that they returned via the U.K., which did require manifests, though not with much information on them. Finally, they have returned to Lithuania and then returned to the U.S. and back again, in which case there will be a manifest for that return to the U.S., which often has important information. All of the possibles are available on ancestry.com.
I guess there is also the remote possibility that the family owned property in the U.S. prior to their leaving, sold it, and the sale was recorded in the county where the property was.
John Peters
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Thank you for all of the information John! I will check out all of the suggestions you've noted, at least it will give me a start.
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Permalink Reply by Gloria Weber Baikauskas on
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When people came they had to fill out paperwork and then contact the INS every year they were here. They may have what you seek. Under the Freedom of Information Act you can get what they have on your family.
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Another good suggestion - thank you!
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