Lithuania archives

<<>>Anyone finding records of personal interest in the Internal Passport Database should write to the Central Archive in Vilnius and request a copy of everything in the persons file. This must be done via snail mail with your signature. Follow up communication can be done using Email. You can write in English.Be sure and mention your relationship to the passport applicant.If you fail to do this, nothing will be sent to you because of the100 year privacy law. Allow 7 to 10 days for your letter to reachthe archive and you should receive a response in 3 or 4 weeks.Be sure and send them all of the information you found in the Internal Passport database. That will enable the archivist to go directly to the correct file. For complete information about Internal Passports, and contactinformation for the Central Archive, please go to:http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/InternalPassports.htmHoward MargolCoordinator - Internal Passport Project ----------------------------------------------------------------------