Comments on: War Stories http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/04/war-stories/ Tips, tricks and help in conducting Latvian ancestral research. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: J.M. http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/04/war-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-496 J.M. Thu, 06 May 2010 15:48:17 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=249#comment-496 You're completely right, World War 2 affected so many people's lives, that the wars that came before that often fade to the background when we look at family history. This was a great post. Thanks for hosting the carnival! You’re completely right, World War 2 affected so many people’s lives, that the wars that came before that often fade to the background when we look at family history. This was a great post.

Thanks for hosting the carnival!

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]]> By: Chelli http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/04/war-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Chelli Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:14:17 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=249#comment-462 Ah, I also didn't realize Latvians would have moved east to avoid the WWI... WWI kind of fades into the background! My great grandfather's family moved east from Tukums sometime before 1916, and moved back to Tukums sometime before 1921... the story I was told was that my great-great grandfather worked in a meat-packing plant and went to go to work one day and the plant was closed, he was told to go home. Now I can guess why! Ah, I also didn’t realize Latvians would have moved east to avoid the WWI… WWI kind of fades into the background! My great grandfather’s family moved east from Tukums sometime before 1916, and moved back to Tukums sometime before 1921… the story I was told was that my great-great grandfather worked in a meat-packing plant and went to go to work one day and the plant was closed, he was told to go home. Now I can guess why!

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