I've taken to gathering old pictures whenever I visit my grandmother in Baltimore. The pictures are all jumbled together in a small old suitcase. Some are in good shape, some are in terrible shape. Some are labelled as to who is in the picture, but most are not.
I'm going through these pictures, learning to recognize faces that I see again and again. I can now recognize my aunt and my father as children, which is an odd feeling.
I've also wheedled my grandmother into labelling some pictures, and if I'm lucky, writing down a little about the pictures. We'll have to see about that. I finally got her a tape recorder, so that she can tell stories as she remembers. When she got it she said she now wished she'd been writing things down, so she wouldn't have to figure out the tape recorder.
I have some maternal family pictures, although not many. I have more paternal family pictures, although I have many more at home than I have put on this site (lucky for you).
The Lithuanians in Baltimore.
This is an excerpt from a book found by my father's cousin Anthony Bogdan. It mentions my great-grandfather Ambrose, and was written my one of my dad's uncles.
If you run across anyone with the name Klishis, have them contact me. I know next to nothing about how that branch of the family ended up in the US, or if there are any other people with the name Klishis anywhere.
Some non-family pictures, just fun with the digital camera.