Metadata: Collection of Personal Documents of the Inhabitants of Telšiai County
Collection
- Country:
- Lithuania
- Holding institution:
- Lithuanian Central State Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
- Postal address:
- O. Milašiaus g. 21, 10102 Vilnius
- Phone number:
- +370 5 247 7830
- Web address:
- http://www.archyvai.lt/en/news.html
- Email:
- lcva@archyvai.lt
- Reference number:
- 1386
- Title:
- Collection of Personal Documents of the Inhabitants of Telšiai County
- Title (official language):
- Telšių apskrities gyventojų asmens dokumentų kolekcija
- Creator/accumulator:
- Archives of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Telšiai branch
- Date(s):
- 1913/1944
- Language:
- Lithuanian
- Extent:
- 17,005 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection includes personal documents of the inhabitants of Telšiai county, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, identity documents and documents required to obtain a passport. They include details such as parents’ names, place and date of birth, date of circumcision, occupation, nationality and marital status.
- Archival history:
- There is no record on the transfer process of the documents to the state archives.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Every citizen was legally obliged to obtain a personal document by the age of 17.
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is arranged alphabetically.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files is available at the Lithuanian Central State Archives.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Monika Žulytė