Comments on: Tips, Tricks and Websites http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/ Tips, tricks and help in conducting Latvian ancestral research. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: birthrecord.me http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-46 birthrecord.me Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:21:51 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=42#comment-46 I have an experience of this problem for more than five years. Same name and surname makes terrible situation. It is absolutely correct that due to lack of indexes this problem reaches their climax. We need to come out from this situation. I appraise your bold attempt and hope some problem will be sorted out. I have an experience of this problem for more than five years. Same name and surname makes terrible situation. It is absolutely correct that due to lack of indexes this problem reaches their climax. We need to come out from this situation. I appraise your bold attempt and hope some problem will be sorted out.

]]> By: Inta http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Inta Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:56:58 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=42#comment-32 thanks for the info! I think serf was the right term. Serfs were peasants that owed a debt to the landowner and couldn't leave without his permission. There were peasants that owned land and I think these had a last name. thanks for the info! I think serf was the right term. Serfs were peasants that owed a debt to the landowner and couldn’t leave without his permission. There were peasants that owned land and I think these had a last name.

]]> By: Antra http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Antra Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:27:03 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=42#comment-29 For the LDS Family History Library, you don't need to go to Utah if there is a LDS Family History Center close to where you live (there's a directory of those on the FamilySearch website). If you go in to one of those centers with the number of the microfilm you want, and they'll order them in (for a small fee), and then you can view them there. As for Latvian records, they have many of the church registers, and the selection can sometimes vary from what Raduraksti has. The FHL Catalog should tell you what they have. They also have some old reivison lists, but I haven't viewed those, so I'm not sure of the completeness. The revision lists would be your best bet in finding out who acquired what surname. They go back (in some areas) to the late 18th century. The Ciltskoks blog has an <a href=http://raduraksti.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/pirmie-uzvardi-un-to-rasanas/ rel="nofollow">entry</a> on this - I'll translate the section for readers who don't speak Latvian: "The development of surnames can be found beginning with the revision lists of 1826 (Vidzeme) and 1834 (Kurzeme/Zemgale). Surname lists usually appear at the beginning of the revision list books, where it shows the surname, names of people with the surname, and the family number, by which they can be found in the previous revision list (1816), when peasants (serfs?) did not have surnames." Hope that helps! For the LDS Family History Library, you don’t need to go to Utah if there is a LDS Family History Center close to where you live (there’s a directory of those on the FamilySearch website). If you go in to one of those centers with the number of the microfilm you want, and they’ll order them in (for a small fee), and then you can view them there.

As for Latvian records, they have many of the church registers, and the selection can sometimes vary from what Raduraksti has. The FHL Catalog should tell you what they have. They also have some old reivison lists, but I haven’t viewed those, so I’m not sure of the completeness.

The revision lists would be your best bet in finding out who acquired what surname. They go back (in some areas) to the late 18th century. The Ciltskoks blog has an entry on this – I’ll translate the section for readers who don’t speak Latvian: “The development of surnames can be found beginning with the revision lists of 1826 (Vidzeme) and 1834 (Kurzeme/Zemgale). Surname lists usually appear at the beginning of the revision list books, where it shows the surname, names of people with the surname, and the family number, by which they can be found in the previous revision list (1816), when peasants (serfs?) did not have surnames.”

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Inta http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Inta Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:53:12 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=42#comment-27 About LDS, must you go to Utah to search their records? And what do they exactly have that is Latvian? About LDS, must you go to Utah to search their records? And what do they exactly have that is Latvian?

]]> By: Inta http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2009/10/tips-tricks-and-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Inta Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:51:22 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=42#comment-26 I've been researching my family roots for about 2 years now. On my father's side I can not find the entries for those born in 1834, using Raduraksti. Since that was the time that the serfs were freed and people got to choose their last name, I may never be able to trace it back any further. Do you know who has the lists of the names when people picked them? I’ve been researching my family roots for about 2 years now. On my father’s side I can not find the entries for those born in 1834, using Raduraksti. Since that was the time that the serfs were freed and people got to choose their last name, I may never be able to trace it back any further. Do you know who has the lists of the names when people picked them?

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