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The
Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society is proud to present other
societies dedicated to the collection and preservation of Lithuanian
history and culture. The current list of societies collected/submitted
to us are as follows:
  The
Society of Lithuanian Nobles is the affiliate of in
the United States of Lietuvos Bajoru Karaliskoji Sajunga
(The Royal Society of Lithuanian Bajorai), which was founded in
Vilnius on April 23, 1994 and incorporated in Lithuania as a non-profit
organization. The LBKS is the legal successor of Lietuvos Bajoru
Draugija (The Lithuanian Bajoru Society) which was active in Lithuania
from 1928 to 1940.
The LBKS supports activities heightening interest in all aspects
of the cultural and historical legacy of Lithuania, especially the
period from ancient times to the dissolution of the Grand Duchy
of Lithuania. To further its aims, the LBKS holds regular meetings,
organizes social events, public lectures, arranges tours to historical
sites, and issues the annual journal Lietuvos Bajoras. The LBKS
has recently published Lietuvos Bajoru Palikuoniai (The Descendants
of Lithuania's Bajorai), a book about its current members, illustrated
with their coats of arms.
Membership in the LBKS is open to men and women who are descended
from the bajorai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, having documented
their ancestry to the satisfaction of the LBKS Legitimization Committee
in Vilnius. At the present time about fifteen hundred persons
have
completed all requirements for full membership. The LBKS has chapters
in the largest cities in Lithuania and an affiliate chapter in
the
United States.
The newly certified bajorai are formally admitted into the LBKS
in a grand ceremony held annually in the Great Hall in the island
castle of Trakai.
Application forms to join LBKS may be found by going to:
http://www.bajorusajunga.lt/
The currently makeup of LBK is as follows:
LBKS, Chairperson Undine Nasvytyte
LBKS, Chancellor Jonas Ragauskas
LBKS, Marshal of the Senate Donatas Baikštys
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