Every family with immigrant ancestors has stories of how their family first arrived in America. Many of these stories contain grains of truth as well as unsubstantiated myths.  This presentation looks at the immigration process that our ancestors went through to come here to America.

Tom Sadauskas has been actively conducting genealogy research since 2000, primarily focused on researching his Lithuanian ancestry. All four of his grandparents and his father were born in Lithuania. He has made several trips to Lithuania and Germany to conduct genealogy research and has been successful in reestablishing contact with relatives in Lithuania as well as making contact with newly uncovered ones. Tom was part of the first group of genealogists to visit the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives in May 2008 following the opening of the archives to public access. The ITS archives hold 50 million records on 17.5 million individuals (i.e., Jewish Holocaust victims and survivors as well as 11 million WW II displaced  persons (DPs). He is a 2008 graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR) and has been a speaker at several genealogical conferences, including the 2009 conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast.

McLean Government Center
1437 Balls Hill Road
McLean, VA 22101

From 495: Get off on EXIT 46, Rt. 123 towards McLean. Continue through THREE stoplights (approx 1 mile) under/past the Dulles Toll Road. At the FOURTH light turn LEFT onto Lewinsville Rd. Immediately turn RIGHT at the FIRST light onto Balls Hill Road. Turn RIGHT into the first driveway of the "McLean Government Center."