Searching for birth and death dates for my Lithuanian great grandmother, maiden name Ursule Cepelio
She married Juozapas Vegele and lived in Savidonys, Ukmergė District Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania. Her parents were Kazmieras Ceplionis and Kotryna Zioryte. Best guess for birthdate is the early 1850s as she had children beginning in 1873. She was still alive in 1918 according to the obituary for her husband. I have exhausted all the usual databases and have written to the Balzekas Museum but due to the pandemic have had no luck. Any help would be much appreciated.
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What religion did they belong to? According to this map, it looks like the nearest Roman Catholic parish to Savidonys was located in Pabaiskas. Church records for this parish are located online on the Lithuanian site, Epaveldas. Here's a great guide that talks about how to use the website.
Were the children that she began having in about 1873 born in Lithuania? If so, do you have their dates of birth? It might be best to start from there (work from the known to the unknown). Or if she and her husband were married in Lithuania and you have an approximate marriage date, you could start looking there. The marriage record should hopefully have some information on it that will help you locate the birth information.
The records are not indexed and will require them to look at them page by page.
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Thank you Ellie. I appreciate your helpful suggestions.
The family was Roman Catholic and I know Pabaiskas parish is right. When I look on ePaveldas for this parish the records start in 1878 which is late for the marriage and first few children. Also, I'm not able to read any of the handwriting so it is quite challenging. If anyone can assist with translation or deciphering records for Ursule Cepelionis-Vegele I would be most grateful.
Several years ago I had a semi-professional genealogist locate some of the family records. All of the children (13) were born in Lithuania but only a few of the baptismal records were found. I have the marriage record for Ursule Cepelionyte and Juozapas Vegele on 15June1875. Juozapas had a previous marriage to Anele Vėževičiūtė on 26Nov1872 which accounts for the child born in 1873. Three other baptismal records are translated with dates of 1875, 1876 and 1878. I question if the years are accurate as I do not have the full page from the church. I'm not able to attach those records as they are pdf files and the site will not accept them.
Some of the dates I have entered in my tree are from other families on various websites that matched with mine so they may not be entirely accurate. I keep putting the Cepelionis-Vegele names out on different websites in the hope that someone may recognize it and help in my search.
Thanks again.
Donna
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Hello Donna,
I would be more than happy to assist you with the translations of the documents that you have and to confirm the dates on those birth years. I'll send you a private message with my email address as you are unable to upload the documents.
I'll do some more research and see if I can find anything else regarding pre-1878 records for Pabaiskas.
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