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Tombstone Tuesday – Rudolf Jeske, 1909-1934

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, December 2014. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra October 13, 2015October 12, 2015 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Roberts Bahmanis and Heinrihs Mullers

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, December 2014. Click to enlarge. Names:

Antra August 18, 2015August 6, 2015 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – KriÅ¡jānis Skricfreijs, 1820-1895

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, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra December 4, 2012November 23, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Jānis Opsis, 1865-1930

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. Usually I don’t have any more information on the people, but this time I do! Photo taken by me, April 2012.

Antra August 21, 2012August 19, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Strazdiņš Family

In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned. Names: Mārtiņš Strazdiņš, born September 9,

Antra May 29, 2012May 12, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Putniņš Family

In the coming weeks, Tombstone Tuesday will be featuring Latvian tombstones that I photographed while in Latvia. I only photographed tombstones with death dates prior to 1945, to maintain privacy. I have no further information on these people besides what

Antra May 22, 2012May 12, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Mysteries Revealed – And Created

So today was my second day, and first full day, at the Latvian State Historical Archives. I was able to view the passports I mentioned in my previous post, belonging to Pēteris Celmiņš and Anna Celmiņa (born Liepa), and confirmed

Antra December 4, 2009 family, Jūrmala, migration, records, Valka No Comments

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