http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/07/latvian-cemetery-culture/ 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 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/07/latvian-cemetery-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-25686 Margret McPharlin Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:01:41 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=323#comment-25686 I AM LOOKING FOR ANY GRAVES WITH THE NAMES 'GRASIS' GRASE OR BRUVERIS. ANY IDEAS? I AM LOOKING FOR ANY GRAVES WITH THE NAMES ‘GRASIS’ GRASE OR BRUVERIS.
ANY IDEAS?

]]> http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/07/latvian-cemetery-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Brenda Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:23:08 +0000 http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=323#comment-1535 This custom of caring for ancestors and cemeteries also resonates with Dia de los Muertos in Mexico (All Saints Day and All Souls Day, November 1st and 2nd in some calendars)when families make the special effort to repair and refurbish their ancestral plots, making it a day of picnics and togetherness. In my travels, I have seen too many burial grounds which are sadly unkempt, with indecipherable stones, no attempt to transcribe them or locate those fallen beneath the turf. This custom of caring for ancestors and cemeteries also resonates with Dia de los Muertos in Mexico (All Saints Day and All Souls Day, November 1st and 2nd in some calendars)when families make the special effort to repair and refurbish their ancestral plots, making it a day of picnics and togetherness. In my travels, I have seen too many burial grounds which are sadly unkempt, with indecipherable stones, no attempt to transcribe them or locate those fallen beneath the turf.

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