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WW1 Diary – March 25, 1916

Seventeenth 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

Antra March 25, 2013February 17, 2013 family, Limbaži, migration, war No Comments

Rīga Banns, Week of March 24, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. March 24, 1925 (published in Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], March 25, 1925) Students Eduards Paulis Čaibe (Īle) and Hermīne

Antra March 24, 2013March 17, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records No Comments

Fearless Females – March 22

This post is for The Accidental Genealogist’s blogging prompts for Women’s History Month. Today’s prompt: If a famous director wanted to make a movie about one of your female ancestors who would it be? What actress would you cast in

Antra March 22, 2013March 21, 2013 family, migration, war No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Augusts and Marija KrÅ«miņš

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. Top

Antra March 19, 2013January 13, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Rīga Banns, Week of March 17, 1925

Tracking down your ancestors’ activities in interwar Latvia can be tricky. The official records are not online. Any birth, marriage or death record needs to be obtained from a registry office, either by going in person (cheapest), ordering through an

Antra March 17, 2013March 17, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records 7 Comments

Latest News – March 16, 1940

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles 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 that are

Antra March 16, 2013January 25, 2013 newspapers, surnames No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Minna and Mārtiņš Ozoliņš

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:

Antra March 12, 2013January 13, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

WW1 Diary – March 5, 1916

Sixteenth 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

Antra March 5, 2013January 3, 2013 family, Limbaži, migration, war 2 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – KrÅ«miņš and Witte Families

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. Top

Antra March 5, 2013January 13, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Latvian Royalty?

Now, the title is a bit of a misnomer. There isn’t a Latvian royal family. Nobles in Latvia were typically German, sometimes Polish, sometimes Russian. But this post is about a group in Latvia that can be considered the closest

Antra March 1, 2013February 16, 2013 history, surnames 3 Comments
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