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Hi, thank-you so much for your quick reply. Dont recognise the place names from my tree but will tell you a bit about my great grandparents incase you've came across any of the names, places etc. My great grandfather was Juozas Simanavicius born 1860 (son of Jan/Jonas Simanavicius & Kotryna Ratkeviciute) his siblings where: Andrius b.1845 Antanas b.1848 Ona b.1853 (married Vincas Dabulevicius) Mariana b.1854 Magdalena 1857 Apolonija b.1859 & Ieva b.1862-died 1864.
As far as I know, all where born in Plutiskes. One of my great uncles Kazimieras was also born in Plutiskes  but brought to Scotland as a young child by my great grandmother Elzbieta (Januskaityte) to join Juozas. Juozas & Elza went on to have another 3 children all born in Hamilton - Juozas b. 1906 my grandmother Ona b.1908 & Petras b.1910. The whole family except Kazimieras went back to live in Lithuania shortly after Petras was born(not discovered exact place yet) & another daughter Marijona was born in 1912. My grandmother & her brothers came back to Scotland around 1926 (thats when their passports where issued by british consulate in Kaunas) however as Marijona was not born in Scotland & not a uk citizen, she remained in Lithuania & eventually lived in Azuolu Buda. I just recently found Marijonas marriage record & it states she was married in Skriaudziai church & was living at that time in Baltreliskiai village Veiveriai parish. It states she was born in Gudeliai so maybe thats where Juozas & Elza settled when they left Scotland (having problems getting it confirmed) Kazimieras (the oldest son who became Charles Smith) opened a bakery in Newtongrange Midlothian and when my grandmother & her other 2 brothers came back to Scotland they worked for Charles in his bakery. My grandmother married my grandfather Anton Marcinkewicz & they also lived in Newtongrange. I just got information that Juozas jnrs daughter was born in Bellshill (i've asked her son if he has any idea why but he doesnt know). The photograph I mentioned yesterday with a Bellshill address is of 2 smart young men & on the back written is: Albert Chigas, 1 Stanley Drive, Bellshill. Sorry for such a long message but something maybe familiar to you. Had a look at your family blog & it is fabulous.

Great thanks - i'll do it that way then

Unfortunately wont let me upload photos or give my email address for you to contact me?

Thanks, Its in German.so place names written as they would be known.in German. I've got it posted on a Lithuanian genealogy site as they're used to seeing the ship passenger lists (& deciphering them) all the time (& a large number of them.live in Lithuania so know of villages which existed in the early 1900's some of which either dont exist or have different names now - some used to be part of Poland). The handwritten lists are illegible so got to rely on.whats been typed up on.ancestry website.