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Where'd they go? My people left Lithuania and went to: SCOTLAND/ENGLAND/IRELAND
The recent influx of Lithuanians to Scotland and the UK wasn't the first wave! In the late 1800s/early 1900s, Lithuanians made their way to (mainly) Glasgow in Scotland and (mainly) Middlesbrough in Yorkshire, UK. Here's the place to discuss/ask/reach out regarding your Lithuanian ancestors in Scotland and the UK.
ENGLAND:
Free search of Birth, Marriage, Death records 1837-1983
Order Birth, Marriage, Death and other records
Churches
LONDON, Archdiocese of Westminster
St. Casimir's Lithuanian Church (šv. Kazimiero lietuvių)
21 The Oval Hackney Road , London E 2 9DT, England
Tel. (+44) 20 7739 8735
el. e-mail. paštas: ptverijonas@btinternet.com E-mail: ptverijonas@btinternet.com
Father Petras Tverijonas
MANCHESTER, LITHUANIAN MISSION (Mančesterio lietuvių misija)
St. Chads Presbytery
Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 8GG , England
Tel. (+44) 061 834 4699
Father Valentinas Kamaitis
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Cheetham/StChad.shtml
NOTTINGHAM (Aušros Vartai) įk. (Gates of Dawn) Ik. 1965 m. 1965
16 Hound Road, West Bradford, Nottingham NG2 6AH , England
Tel. (+44) 060 282 1892
Father Petras Tverijonas (London)
SCOTLAND:
Scotland's People is the pricey monopoly on Birth, Marriage, Death records for Scotland. Sign up for a username and password. Then you put money on account, and the you can view indexes or records. Note: You CAN search for free to see if they have any records matching, or closely matching your name. You just won't be able to see the list or the records themselves without payment.
The Official Lithuanian Community in Scotland website (in Lithuanian with built-in translator).
An article from The Guardian (January 2006) about the Lithuanian community in Glasgow.
A BBC article about Lithuanians in Lanarkshire, Scotland (2004)
Tracing the places worship of the Lithuanian Catholics in Glasgow 1885-present.
An interesting and educational message thread on Ancestry.com about Lithuanians in Scotland.
Scotland Lithuanian Mission/Church
78 Glencalder Crescent , Bellshill ML4 2LU , Lanarkshire , Scotland ,
Tel. (+44) 069 874 6266
IRELAND:
For free searching, start with the Irish Civil Registration Index 1845-1958 on the FamilySearch (LDS) site. Here's an interesting explanation of what these records are.
LITHUANIAN MISSION Catholic IN IN IRELAND (Lietuvių katalikų misija Airijoje)
48 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel. (+353) 1 676 1030, mob. (+353) 1 676 1030
e-mail. paštas: arnasius@gmail.com
Lietuvių katalikų misijos kapelionas Airijoje Lithuanian Catholic Mission chaplain in Ireland
Father Egidijus Arnašius
Here's a strange article about Lithuanians in Ireland.
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Permalink Reply by Richie C. on
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I came across a really interesting message thread on Ancestry about Lithuanians in Scotland, especially their involuntary exodus from the British Isles. I've posted it above.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Cowan on
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I've had great luck with the various government vital records sites in the UK, these include:
- http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Registering...
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/*/http://www.familyrecords....
Unfortunately, they use a token system for most of these. You pay about $20.00 and then you can do a certain number of queries. I have been able to find several relatives with this approach. -
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Permalink Reply by Joan Cook on
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I have seen that thread Rich, It is very interesting.
As I am finding my ancestors/relative's passenger lists I am seeing Scotland over and over. The first time was a real shock. I'll never forget my Aunt Jean saying, (with emphasis and very good facial expressions)- "Why the H___l would they be in Scotland?" - lol.
They came to America in the late 1800's early 1900s before all that business in 1917. Althoguh word is that my grandfather didn't like being a Cossack. I looked up the Shotts, Scotland that was listed and there was a LOT of coal mining there. (All my male relatives in the US back then seemed to be coal miners)
I keep wondering how they would have known to go there and how they would have gotten there. I have been speculating that they went into Poland & then took a ship? -
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Joan,
The route to Scotland usually left from Hamburg, if memory serves. A lot of times, they didn't have the money to go all the way to the USA, but still needed to get out of Lithuania. So the trip to Scotland or England was shorter and cheaper. Often, they worked in the mines there for several months to earn enough money to continue their journey on to the USA. -
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Permalink Reply by Evelyn Fletcher Cherry on
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Richie, some Lithuanians landed near Dundee, Scotland. One of the stories in our family is that the ship dumped them in Scotland, telling them they were in the U.S. There were recruiters from Scotland who went to Lithuania to recruit workers for the Lanarkshire mines. My grandfathers and a couple of uncles ended up there.
My parents and my brother and I were born in Scotland. All my grandparents were born in Lithuania/Poland, right near the border in Marjiampole and/or Suvalki. -
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