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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: [LITHUANIA-L] Surname? Yakstis = Jasaitis?
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:35:17 -0500 (EST)

Jaks~tis and Jasaitis could be the same thing. You could form either one as
as a patronymic of diminutive forms of James or John.

> I have a problem, I don't know what my last name is. I wrote to LAGS
>and they told me the original spelling of my last name. Americanized
>it is spelled "YAKSTIS". LAGS wrote back to me and told me that "They
>are unsure of the spelling but they think it could be "JAKS^TIS" or
>"JAKS^TYS". My problem begins here.... I found an old letter witht
>the last name "JASAITIS" on it. Could this be my last name?!
> Considering I don't know lithuanian... Im completely lost. I looked
>in the Lith White Pages and found a list of like 50 people with this
>last name. Help!
> Thanks
> Nichole Yakstis
> ---------------
> Yakstis Communications Group
> http://www.ycg.com
> Personal Homepage
> http://www.ycg.com/~niyaksti

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• [LITHUANIA-L] Surname? Yakstis = Jasaitis? by Nichole Yakstis <>

  • [LITHUANIA-L] Surname? Yakstis = Jasaitis? by David Zincavage <>

  • [LITHUANIA-L] Re: Surname? Yakstis = Jasaitis? by "Ruta Coffin" <>