Record Atlas
14 FamilySearch collections · 3 archives · 10 places · 1226–2005

Lithuania

Where the records of Lithuania are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 32,188,833 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.

Where to start in Lithuania

1 of the 3 checked sources here can be opened tonight. 1is free images with no account. 1is paid or part-paid. 1is a catalogue card or paper in a building — a letter, not a click. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Lithuania without a subscription.

Write to Lietuvos archyvai (Lithuanian State Archives), Bundesarchiv, Szukaj w Archiwach for what is not online. FamilySearch has 14 collections covering it, running 1226–2005, 32,188,833 indexed records. 3 pieces of this ground are mapped for jurisdiction, so the atlas can say whose archive held it in a given year.

10 places placed, 0 volumes walked. Not one of them has had its paper counted yet, so treat the shelf here as a list of somewhere to look rather than a list of what survives. Open Lithuania on the map, or tell us what is missing.

Whose archive this ground was

Record regions mapped in Lithuania — which empire held the ground, and therefore which archive holds its paper.

The archives

  • Lietuvos archyvai (Lithuanian State Archives) mixed Vilnius, Lithuania

    The Lithuanian state archives, including the Memel/Klaipėda district — German ground until 1945 whose records did not all leave with the population.

  • Bundesarchiv catalogue Koblenz, Germany

    The German Federal Archives. Civil and military administration of the Prussian provinces, the wartime records, and the card indexes of the expelled — much of it for ground that is no longer German.

  • Szukaj w Archiwach free Warsaw, Poland

    The Polish state archives' scans, free and without an account. Covers ground now in Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania as well as Poland.

And 12 worldwide providers reach Lithuania too — the full list.

14 FamilySearch collections

Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.

Lithuania — nationwide 14

3 more collections, contributed

A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.

Church and parish registers 2
Civil registration and vital records 1
Censuses and population lists 1
Probate, land and notarial 1
Immigration and emigration 1
Jewish and minority 2

10 places, 0 volumes

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