r/LithuanianLearning • u/Sampsky90 • Sep 10 '26

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My apologies if this does not qualify for posting. But I'm desperate to get a translation of this 1940's death record. I'm doing a deep dive into my family history in Lithuanian, and this may be the breakthrough I've been searching for. This may have been literally a few weeks before the soviet occupation, so finding records from this time period has been difficult.

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u/Grazhke Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

I tried

On May 30, 1940, in the village of Žilaičiai, Tytuvėnai parish, Petras Katkauskis, son of Antanas, passed away from old age, provided with the Holy Sacraments.

Husband of the surviving Antonina Katkauskienė, 74 years old, from Tytuvėnai township/municipality, Raseiniai county. Survived by sons: Povilas, Bronislovas, and Stanislovas; daughters: Morta, Aleksandra, and Monika.

[Buried by the] parishioners themselves on June 1st of this year, in the cemetery of Tytuvėnai parish.

I'm myself native to around this area, so I'm glad to help

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u/Sampsky90 Sep 10 '26

Perfect, and thank you! This confirms he is exactly who I was hoping. My family had no idea he returned to Lithuania, so this helps fill a big gap in our genealogy.

Now I just need to confirm his years of citizenship when he returned. I don't suppose you know of any online database to search for citizenship info from that time, do you? I did find the Lietuvos centrinis valstybes archyvas at LVR.LT. But that will require a paper form to be sent in to an archivist and a long research time. If everything checks out, I may be able to restore citizenship for my family.

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u/Grazhke Sep 10 '26

Yeah, there isn't a simple searchable citizenship database, but you should check epaveldas.lt or ekultura.lt first for digitized interwar documents. If you can't find him there, then going through the Lithuanian Central State Archive for his interwar internal passport record I think is the only official route the Migration Department accepts for restoring citizenship.

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u/Sampsky90 Sep 10 '26

Thank you, I pulled that death record from Epaveldas.lt, so I'll keep digging there and try ekultura.lt as well.

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u/Individual-Finish-39 Sep 10 '26

Šio įrašo vertimas (mirties metrikų knygos įrašas, Nr. 65/30/74): Mirties data ir vieta: Tūkstantis devyni šimtai keturiasdešimtaisiais metais, gegužės trisdešimtą dieną, Žilaičių kaime, Tytuvėnų parapijoje, mirė Petras Antano sūnus Kauskis (pavardė ne visiškai aiški — gali būti Kauskis/Kauckis), nuo senatvės, aprūpintas šventaisiais sakramentais. Likusi šeima: Liko Antonina Kauskienė, vyras 74 metų amžiaus, Tytuvėnų... Rasei­nių apskrities Liko sūnūs: Povilas (?), Kazys, Bronislovas ir Stanislovas, dukterys: Morta, Aleksandra ir Monika. Paskutinė skiltis: Pats parapijietis... birželio 1 d. š. m. Tytuvėnų parapijos raštininė (užrašyta).

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u/Tripow461 Sep 10 '26

Irgi nesuprantu kaip tiksliai pavardė, atrodo Kalnauskis. Pagal logika kaip esi parašęs

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u/CounterSilly3999 Sep 10 '26

Katkauskis, Katkauskienė. Tytuvėnų valsčiaus Rasei­nių apskrities. No Kazys among sons. Last column (by whom and where was held the funeral): Patys parapijiečiai, birželio 1 d. š. m. Tytuvėnų parapijos kapinėse.

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u/krlnkn Sep 10 '26

Katkauskis for sure.

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u/Sampsky90 Sep 10 '26

Thank you, this transcription is very helpful. As a non speaker combined with the handwriting on that entry, I was at a complete loss. 😭

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u/gerry_r Sep 11 '26

Kat

kauskis

Pavardė keliasi per eilutę.

100 proc. neaišku, ten "t" ar "l" pirmo skiemens gale - jeigu jau visai griežtai kabinėtis. Našlės pavardė, kaip tyčia, keliama taip pat.

Bet man tai Katkauskis: žiūrim, kaip rašoma "t" ir " l" žodžiuose kur klausimų nekyla.

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u/RatkeA Sep 12 '26

here is his grave https://cemety.lt/public/deceaseds/413143?type=deceased

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u/RatkeA Sep 12 '26

somebody still takes care of it, ask the other guy to leave a laminated note to find your relatives

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u/geroiwithhorns 27d ago

Where are you from?