So I think I've found the village that my grandfather lived in before emigrating to the United States. It is the village of Aisenai which is on the outskirts of Klaipeda. Whew! Lithuanian is a tough language to decipher! I am becoming excited for my mother and her upcoming trip and wish I could tag along and see the places that my grandfather lived in and perhaps meet some cousins.
So from some quick google searching on Lithuanias google search engine www.google.lt - I have figured out that
Kaimas means village, Apskritys (or Apskritis) means district or county - and I am trying to decode the words Prekules and Pasta.
I found my grandfathers affidavit of birth from when he returned to America in 1936. This is where I found his address - Kaimas Aisenu, Valescius ir Pasta Vevirzenu, Apskritys Kretin. I googled Kaimas Aisenu and found the map of Aisenai. Lots of weird spelling changes to decipher and decode. Lucky thing I majored in Linguistics.
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