Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
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Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
Shannan Read 11/08/07
Shannan,
You have done a fine job of searching so far and have a lot of really good information.It seems to me that the two key pieces of information you still need are 1. The place of birth of your great grandfather, and 2. your great grandmother's maiden name and place of birth -- assuming that they were born in Lithuania.
Once you have these two pieces, you could write to the Historical Archives in Lithuania and perhaps get copies and/or translations of their birth records, names of siblings, great-great grandparents' names, etc.Or even hire a private researcher to dig up the records of your ancestors in Lithuania.
I would go on the assumption that Jonas and Eva met and married in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) because most immigrants (though certainly not all) went to a particular place and stayed there unless work was unavailable or a close relative moved.Your great-grandparents seem to have kept to the same area so I'd make that assumption (you really don't have any other at the moment anyway).
From the Census it appears that Jonas and Eva were married around 1882.Son, John, was born in 1894, probably in the same place.So I'd concentrate my searching now on getting the marriage record of Jonas and Eva and/or the birth record of John.You must have the street address from the Census, which will likely give a clue about the church that they probably attended.A search or inquiry to the Archdiocese for that area should yield the name of the church they probably attended.If that church still exists, I'd call or write (or go in person if you can), and ask for a search for and copy of those records, and be sure you offer a substantial donation (maybe $50 - 100) or even payment of a fee for their efforts.
In parallel with this effort, I'd contact the local County office and inquire how such a search might be made for the marriage record.Here is the web site for Allegheny County.
http://www.alleghenycounty.us/regwills/regrec.aspx?terms=marriage+records&searchtype=2&fragment=Truehttp://www.alleghenycounty.us/regwills/regrec.aspx?terms=marriage+records&searchtype=2&fragment=True
In my own case, my mother had told me that her parents had been married in Kankakee, Ill.On a trip out west, I stopped there and searched the records there in vain.On the way back, I stopped in Cleveland to visit my mother's ailing brother at the Cleveland Clinic.When I told him about my fruitless search, he laughed and said, "Your mother has always believed incorrectly that they were married in Kankakee, when in fact they were married in Cleveland."I stayed an extra day and went to the records archive in Cleveland and within 20 minutes of searching their microfilms found their marriage license.From that I learned of the Church name, looked it up and found that it still existed but no one was available.When I got home, I wrote them a note, enclosing a donation, and asked for a record of their marriage.Within a week or so, I got the Church record.From this I learned my grandmother's maiden name and the names of her parents!From that and a little bit of other information, I learned the area she was from.
So don't give up, you're on the right track, just keep truckin';)
John Peters
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Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
Shannan Read 11/09/07
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Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
John Peters 11/09/07
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Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
Shannan Read 11/09/07
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Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh
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Re: Baranauskas/Baranowski/Bernosky: Lithuania to Pittsburgh