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https://lietuvoskartografija.lt/lithuanianmaps/index.php/my-articles-about-maps-and-stamps-of-lithuania/ As I prepare for the inevitable shutting down of the static website LithuanianMaps.com (in 2027?) and for its successor site: https://lietuvoskartografija.lt/lithuanianmaps/ to be the sole location of the 4,300+ map images and text I created from 2008-21, I want to make certain that all the articles I have written, all the map-related presentations I have given, and

Detail, 1891 Rand McNally "Europe" map, showing locations of three towns to be searched. https://www.loc.gov/ I've been helping people for over a decade to find their ancestral Eastern European villages, focusing on the area of historical Lithuania. Either they just wanted to know where their village was, or they wanted an image of their town on an antique map for use on a village-specific website. But after recent Zoom presentations to JewishGen’s LitvakSIG group and the St

"Loss of Forests in Lithuania: 2015-25" ( Miškų nykimas Lietuvoje: 2015–2025 m.) Jelena Vaitkevičienė The Lithuanian Cartographic Society is pleased to congratulate Jelena Vaitkevičienė, winner of the 2025 Andrew Kapochunas Prize for Environmental Issues Map. She submitted a set of maps depicting deforestation in Lithuania. The maps show which locations and administrative units have seen the greatest decline in forest areas from 2015 to 2025. ( Lietuvos kartografų draugija d

The interview of Lithuanian historian Saulius Sužiedėlis by Jonathan Brent, Executive Director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City, is now available on YouTube. To access a version of the recording without the typical annoying YouTube ads, click the link below, which is hosted by YIVO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFBxDBq6Hq4 I first met and spoke with Jonathan Brent in New Haven, Connecticut, October 12-13, 2023, at the "Vilnius 700 Symposium"...