Want to get your hands on a 2013 calendar from the “Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre”? You can win one here! I am giving away four calendars from this great institution, one that I’ve been working with for
The New Latvian Surname Project is Live!
After six months of hard work and fiddling around with the new software, I’m proud to present the all-new version of the Latvian Surname Project! What’s new… … you can browse surnames by parish! … you can see old spellings
2013 LaPa Calendars for Sale!
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you’ll be familiar with the Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre (Latvian name “LatvieÅ¡i pasaulÄ“ – muzejs un pÄ“tniecÄ«bas centrs”, from which the short form LaPa is formed). I worked at
Three Years!
This blog is three years old today! As I’ve said in previous blog anniversaries, when I first started this blog, I never imagined that I would get the response that I have. I’ve had people contact me from all over
It’s That Time Again!
I will be heading to Latvia again in the fall, so I am available to help you in a variety of different ways. The different services I can offer are outlined in this post from last winter. All prices in
Mention in Family Tree Magazine!
A few weeks ago, I was looking at my blog statistics, and I found that people had clicked on links from the Family Tree Magazine website to get to my blog. I’d never seen links from there before, so I
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.
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.
Support This Site, Support My Trip!
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ll be heading to Latvia in January for four months, doing an internship at the Latvians Abroad Museum and Research Centre. I’m going to have a lot of interesting and exciting things to do while I’m
I’m Back!
Sorry for my long absence, this last semester of classes has just been extremely time-consuming. But everything has been submitted, and there is only one component left to my program prior to graduation in the spring – completing my internship!