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Genealogy Courses – Now Always Available!

As many of you who have been following this blog for awhile will know, I’ve occasionally run genealogy courses via email, so that more and more of you can learn how to do your research on your own. These have

Antra June 23, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, languages, professional, records, resources No Comments

New Free Email Course: Russian Handwriting!

I know for a lot of people who are researching their Latvian genealogy, even when they’ve mastered different name spellings, different names for places in various languages, terrible handwriting in German… the one thing that still terrifies them is the

Antra May 19, 2018May 21, 2018 education, giveaways No Comments

Give Latvia the Gift of You

As many of you will know, today is November 18, which means it is Latvia’s Independence Day! This year, Latvia celebrates 99 years, which means that next year – 2018 – is the centennial! Celebrating a centennial is a big

Antra November 18, 2017 administrative, education, giveaways, resources No Comments

Free Email Course!

The most important tool in your arsenal in your Latvian genealogy journey is Raduraksti – but are you really using it to its full potential? If you’re new to Latvian genealogy, the website can be daunting – but don’t worry,

Antra February 8, 2017May 24, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, Raduraksti, records, resources 1 Comment

Patreon Debut!

This week marks the start of a new era of Discovering Latvian Roots! I’m committing to a new blogging/social media schedule, and the reason for that is I’m also opening up my offerings to include Patreon! You can find the

Antra June 30, 2015 administrative, giveaways, professional No Comments

Time for the Third Puzzle!

What do you have to solve this week? Just a simple keyword puzzle. By solving this puzzle, you’ll reveal the tools that you need to solve the puzzles *within* the “A President For His Country” short story, which is coming

Antra October 24, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional No Comments

Come Solve The Next Puzzle!

The newest puzzle is available on my fiction site! This time, you will be revealing the name of the short story – and by doing so, find your way to the prologue of the story! As before, first ten comments

Antra October 17, 2013October 16, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional 1 Comment

My Fiction Project is Live!

So today I’m celebrating my fourth blogiversary! I started this blog on October 10, 2009, and it has been quite the adventure! More and more people are coming here to learn about how to find their Latvian roots. This is

Antra October 10, 2013October 9, 2013 fiction, giveaways, professional 3 Comments

Latvians Abroad Calendar Giveaway

I’ve run into a small problem here with the calendar giveaway…. five entries, but only four calendars. So I’ve decided to resolve this situation by asking a series of questions… let’s see how much people have been paying attention! What

Antra February 16, 2013 administrative, giveaways, museums No Comments

Win a Latvians Abroad Calendar!

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

Antra January 7, 2013January 22, 2013 administrative, giveaways, museums 6 Comments

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