Lithuania Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
The Central State Civil Registry Archive in Vilnius houses all civil registers through 1981. Local registrars transfer records to Vilnius after fifteen years.

Historical Background
The Soviet government implemented civil registration in Lithuania in 1940. Metrical book transcripts had served this purpose previously. Registration offices are collocated with “marriage palaces” permitting the registration and performance of weddings to occur at the same place and time.

Time period: 1940-present.

Coverage and Compliance
Population coverage: 85% coverage.

Birth Records
names of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents name of informant place of residence for parents of newly born
 * Date

Marriage Records
names of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents names of witnesses
 * Date
 * Residences of the groom and bride

Death Record
names of principal and parents; occupation and religious preference of parents
 * Date
 * Residence of the deceased
 * Age at death
 * Cause of death
 * Place of burial