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From: "Bob Rinaldi" <>
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] Re: Working in Vilnius Archives
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:27:45 -0400
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Thank you Sue !
Bob
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sue Lubais
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Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA-L] Re: Working in Vilnius Archives


Sigita Gasparaviciene is <>

She will do research if you are not there, as well. IN truth, the tour
guide part is something I talked her into doing, since I wanted to do it
that way.

Sue Lubais
At 12:08 PM 4/18/2004, you wrote:
>Diane:
>
>Will Sigita offer her services if one is not there? I'd like to contact
>her. May I have her email address?
>
>Thanks,
>Bob
>.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:05 PM
> Subject: [LITHUANIA-L] Re: Working in Vilnius Archives
>
>
> Dear Halina,
>
> Yes, you can work in the Archives by yourself, but unless your
> Lithuanian is
> reasonably good, you will waste a lot of time researching the card
> catalog and
> filling out forms, as well as copying records for translation
> later. Also,
> working by yourself, you can only put in a request for maybe 10-12
> items per
> day, and if you don't know exactly what you are looking for in terms of
> parish
> registers, etc. you will be very frustrated.
>
> You can get some help, but it's limited by language skills and the need to
> work on the 5 foot stack of requests for research in the Director's
> office. None
> of the catalog is computerized, and to my knowledge, none of the records
> there are microfilmed or digitized.
>
> My recommendation, is, since, you are paying to go all that way, use an
> archivist or professional researcher. Like Sue, I worked with Sigita
> (on two
> visits). She worked at the archives for several years, knows the
> catalog well, and
> as a professional can obtain more volumes per day (as often she is there
> working on a range of projects). I can send you email /contact info
> off list.
>
> Diane
> ========
> Diane B. Rooney
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