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Important Latvian/German/Russian Words

Language can be one of the biggest obstacles to tracing Latvian genealogy. However, it is not an insurmountable one. Most records follow specific patterns, and once you know what to look for in the patterns, you can easily find what

Antra January 26, 2010 languages 1 Comment

Changes in Orthography

What happens when you apply the orthography of one language to a fairly unrelated language? A right mess, that’s what. As mentioned before, up until the 1890s most church books in Latvia were written in German. German is, as its

Antra October 11, 2009October 11, 2009 languages 6 Comments

Languages in the Records

If in the course of your research you have come across a Latvian ancestor, and you do not speak Latvian, you may feel like you have hit a big stumbling block to continuing your research. Good news! The block may

Antra October 10, 2009October 10, 2009 languages 1 Comment
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