My mother received a copy of the handwritten notes in the early 1980s. Larose Adams, Elmer's niece, was kind enough to send me a typed copy of the notes, which included additions and revisions. Several stories were relayed to my mother by her sister, Lillie Ethel Avants Wiltshire. These taped conversations took place in 1982 and 1986, and my mother gave them to me before her death. All of his siblings are now gone, and my cousins have little information.
Records are scarce and it's a continuous struggle to put the pieces together.
His sister, Amelia, was the only one who remained fluent in Lithuanian. In fact, as the oldest, and, as her younger siblings became Amercanized, she did the translating between her brothers and sister and their mother.