Twenty-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
WW1 Diary – June 26, 1916
Twenty-seventh 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
Tombstone Tuesday – KrÅ«miņš and Dulmanis Family
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:
WW1 Diary – June 24, 1916
Twenty-sixth 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
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 23, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens NikolÄjs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (RÄ«ga)
Fire at RÄ«ga Castle
Last night, just after 10pm local time, a fire broke out on the roof of the Castle of RÄ«ga, which spread to several floors over the next few hours, burning several thousand square metres of area (some estimates say 3200
What Are You Looking For?
This blog has been going for over three and a half years! Over the years, I’ve made a number of different posts, and I’ve decided to put this post together to highlight some key posts that are particularly useful for
Tombstone Tuesday – Alois Tlapa, 1879-1936
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. So we have an interesting one today – this individual
RÄ«ga Banns – Weeks of June 9 and June 16, 1925
Sorry I missed last week! Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 8, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 9, 1925) Carpenter KÄrlis Zariņš (Aloja)
Remembering June 14, 1941
June 14, 1941 was the day when thousands of Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians were deported to Siberia by the occupying Soviet forces. You can see posts I’ve made in other years here, here and here. I’ll be honest. I struggle