Fortieth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to
52 Ancestors #15: LÄ«berts LÅ«kins
Time for Week 15 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestors is LÄ«berts LÅ«kins, born 1819 (allegedly on
WW1 Diary – April 8, 1917
Thirty-ninth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to
52 Ancestors #14: DÄrta Andersone
Time for Week 14 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is DÄrta Andersone, born c. 1825 and
52 Ancestors #13: IndriÄ·is Å telmahers
Time for Week 12 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is IndriÄ·is Å telmahers, born c. 1833 and
52 Ancestors #12: Kristīne Kvante
Time for Week 12 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Kristīne Kvante, born July 11, 1833
RÄ«ga Passport Database Index is Available!
Okay, so admittedly, I’m late with this post, since the database I’m going to talk about came online a few months ago, but with the other projects I’ve got going on, I hadn’t gotten around to this post yet. Better
52 Ancestors #11: Kristīne Kukure
Time for Week 11 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. At the close of last week’s post, I mentioned that
WW1 Diary – March 14, 1917
Thirty-eighth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to
52 Ancestors #10 – Ä’de Jansone
Time for Week 10 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestors is Ä’de Jansone, born May 27, 1845,