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Mappy Monday – Crossing the Southern Border

Last week on Mappy Monday, we made the journey north to Estonia, to learn different names of Estonian places that could come up in your research. This week, we will be doing the same with Lithuania! Historically speaking, Latvia has

Antra November 2, 2015 geography, history, migration No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 1, 1918

Eightieth 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 November 1, 2015November 2, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – October 29, 2015

Seventy-ninth 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 October 29, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

Mappy Monday – Crossing the Northern Border

On this week’s edition of Mappy Monday, we are taking a trip across Latvia’s northern border into Estonia! I know I’ve talked a lot about Estonia on this blog recently, and there’s a reason for that – the histories are

Antra October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 geography, history, migration 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – October 17, 1918

Seventy-eighth 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 October 17, 2015October 12, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – October 10, 1918

Seventy-seventh 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 October 10, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – August 31, 1918

Seventy-sixth 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 August 31, 2015August 28, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – August 15, 1918

Seventy-fifth 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 August 15, 2015July 28, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – July 29, 1918

Seventy-fourth 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 July 29, 2015July 28, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

Mappy Monday – Road to the East

Since the Second World War, Siberia and the Russian Far East are associated with deportations and prison camps. It is difficult to imagine that in decades past, thousands of Latvians and other Balts traveled there willingly to make new homes.

Antra July 20, 2015July 21, 2015 history, migration No Comments
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