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Genealogy Membership

$125.00 – $1,000.00

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Genealogy Memberships

People requiring assistance with genealogy research assistance from the Balzekas Museum may purchase non-member à la carte (pay-as-you-go) services from the Genealogy department.  For more involved research, purchasing a Genealogy Membership is recommended and more cost-effective. Plus, Genealogy Members automatically receive the full privileges of a Family Membership at the Museum for the duration of their subscription. The Genealogy membership level is determined by the number of services required.

I.

BASIC GENEALOGY
$125/YR

One Basic Surname Search
A search of the indicated name in the following sources:

  • Obituary Collection “Naujienos” newspaper;
  • Master File;
  • Minor File;
  • Identification of spelling variants of the indicated name;
  • Etymology of the indicated name;
  • List of addresses of people with the same last name in Lithuania today;
  • Search through available internet resources, such as Ancestry.com, etc.

One Basic Ancestral Town Search
Includes location indication on the map and photocopies of the location description from the following sources:

  • Encyclopedia Lituanica (in English)
  • Lietuvių Enciklopedija (in Lithuanian)
  • Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija (in Lithuanian)
  • Mažoji Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija (in Lithuanian)
  • Lietuvos Baznyčios (“Churches in Lithuania” – in Lithuanian)
  • Mūsų Lietuva (Our Lithuania – in Lithuanian)

II.

PATRON GENEALOGY
$350/YR

The Patron Genealogy-level includes all the privileges of a Basic Genealogy-level membership, plus:

  • Up to four Basic Surname Searches
  • Up to four Basic Ancestral Town Searches
  • A Search of the following additional sources:
    • Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija (in Lithuanian)
    • Mažoji Lietuviškoji Tarybinė Enciklopedija (in Lithuanian)
    • Lietuvos Baznyčios (“Churches in Lithuania” – in Lithuanian)
    • Mūsų Lietuva (Our Lithuania – in Lithuanian)

This membership level is highly recommended for those who want to research more than one family member: e.g., a husband and wife, or a grandfather and his parents, etc.

III.

BENEFACTOR GENEALOGY
$1,000/LIFE

A one-time payment of $1,000 includes all benefits of the Basic and Patron Genealogy Memberships for life, plus a search of the following additional sources:

  • Digitized birth, marriage, and death records from Lithuania (if available);
  • Library Publications and Articles (Authors)
  • Nobility File
  • Heraldic & Coat of Arms Research
  • Artist File
  • Photo Archives
  • Jurgis Gimbutas Collection (Photos of towns and cities in Lithuania)
  • Individuals decorated with Medals by the Lithuanian Government
  • List of exiles deported to Siberia
  • List of Lithuanian military men

*NOTE: Online searches for digitized birth, marriage, and death records in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives are available based on accessibility. The records are in Old Russian, Polish, and Latin. A search and translation of one record is an additional $100.

For more information about the Genealogy Department, please visit the Genealogy page on this website.

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    LITHUANIAN CULTURE
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  • Genealogy
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    • A Weekly Visit to the Balzekas Museum
    • Lithuanian Life and Landmarks in America
    • “No Home To Go To: The Story of Baltic Displaced Persons from 1944-52”
    • A Night at the Opera – Chicago Lithuanian Opera Performances from the Aleksandras Plenys Collection
    • Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago- Aleksandras Plenys Collection
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