January 20 is a day of remembrance in Latvia, for an event in more recent memory than others – in this case, the time of the barricades, and subsequently, the end of the Soviet Union. Latvia had already declared independence
Plan of Attack: Finding Anna Liepa in the RÄ«ga Records
My most difficult ancestor is my great-grandmother Anna Liepa. The reason for this is because she was born in RÄ«ga, and RÄ«ga is a big place. This means that any record search inevitably takes forever, since there are many records
Wordless Wednesday – Winter Wonderland, c. 1946
My great-aunt Marta JakstÄne (born LÄ«cÄ«te) in a winter storm in Copenhagen, Denmark, c. 1946.