What is the meaning of “Age Last” on a Revision or Family List?
Usually, the “Age Last” refers to the previous MAJOR revision list, i.e., the 1858 list or the 1834 list. However, that is not always the case. Using an 1874 Family List as an example, for some towns additional lists were recorded for years between 1858 and 1874. The “Age Last” on the 1874 list could refer to the 1858 list but it could also refer to one of the additional lists. In some cases, those additional lists were destroyed and no longer exist so there is no way to check it out. The archivists in the Lithuanian archives have very little confidence in the ages stated in the “Age Last” column because there is no way to know which previous list is referred to. An exception is, if the list states which year the “Age Last” refers to. This is rarely recorded but is present on some lists. ← BACK ∆ Table of Contents (FAQS, January 20, 2002 created by Howard Margol & Ada Green. Revised 2005. Revised March, 2008 Howard Margol.
