If you’ve been to the Latvian Surname Project, and looked at the map on the front page, you’ll have seen that most of eastern Latvia (Latgale) is blank. Not anymore! Recently I’ve had the opportunity to spend time reading a
Questions? Surnames? One-Name Studies? One-Place Studies? All Here!
Looking for information on what your surname means, but it isn’t listed in the Latvian Surname Project? Have a question about Latvian genealogy that doesn’t specifically relate to a post here, but not sure where to post it? Interested in
Tombstone Tuesday – MiÄ·elis VÄ«ksne, 1839-1915
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. Name:
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of May 12, 1925
Sorry I’m a day late on this one! Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 11, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], May 12, 1925) Table-maker
Exciting News for Latvians Around the World!
Exciting news from the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) today: They have passed the new law on dual citizenship. The passing of this law opens up a number of doors that had been closed in 1995, or hadn’t been open at all.
Tombstone Tuesday – Adolfs Krastiņš, 1907-1930
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. Name:
RÄ«ga Banns, Week of May 5, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 4, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], May 5, 1925) Mason KÄrlis Sprogis (RÄ«ga) and EmÄ«lija Bekmanis (RÄ«ga) Musician
Baltic Farmer – May 2, 1884
This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles and snippets that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events
Tombstone Tuesday – Vilis Olavs, 1867-1917
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. In this case, I do have more information on the individual, see this Wikipedia article. This grave also appears to have
WW1 Diary – April 28, 1916
Twenty-fourth 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