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Month: May 2012

Tombstone Tuesday – Strazdiņš Family

In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned. Names: Mārtiņš Strazdiņš, born September 9,

Antra May 29, 2012May 12, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Surname Saturday – Surnames of Jumurda Estate, 1826

I’m starting a new Surname Saturday feature – each week, I will profile the surnames of a different manorial estate from the 1826 revision list. Why 1826? That is the year that surnames first appeared in the revision lists –

Antra May 26, 2012May 28, 2012 farms, surnames 5 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Putniņš Family

In the coming weeks, Tombstone Tuesday will be featuring Latvian tombstones that I photographed while in Latvia. I only photographed tombstones with death dates prior to 1945, to maintain privacy. I have no further information on these people besides what

Antra May 22, 2012May 12, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Statue of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

(click image to enlarge) Statue of Field Marshall Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a descendant of Scottish clan Barclay whose family had settled in the Russian Empire. His grandfather Peter was the mayor of Rīga for a time. As

Antra May 16, 2012May 12, 2012 migration, photographs, Rīga No Comments

Latvia: Now on Google StreetView!

Google StreetView is now live for Latvia! Now, after doing some poking around, there are some caveats to this. I would not agree that there is “almost 100% coverage”, as some news articles say. While their coverage of Rīga and

Antra May 16, 2012 farms, resources 4 Comments

“Who Do You Think You Are?” – Rashida Jones Episode Review

I never thought that this was something I’d end up doing on this blog – reviewing a Who Do You Think You Are? episode. But it has happened – last weekend’s episode took place partially in Latvia! The celebrity in

Antra May 10, 2012 migration, religion, television 9 Comments

Latvian Genealogy Primer – Part 2

Part 2 – Genealogical Sources After reading Part 1 of this primer, and the historical context of Latvian emigration, now it is time to move to genealogical sources – the resources that you can use to trace your Latvian ancestry.

Antra May 5, 2012February 8, 2017 administrative, migration, Raduraksti, records, resources 5 Comments

Latvian Genealogy Primer – Part 1

Ready to move on to genealogical sources? See Part 2 of this primer here. Part 1 – Historical Context What You Need to Know about Latvia Latvia is a country in northeastern Europe, bordered by Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania.

Antra May 5, 2012May 15, 2012 administrative, migration, records, resources 4 Comments

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