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Rīga Banns, Week of April 21, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.

April 20, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 21, 1925)

Clerk Hugo Volens (Sigulda) and Irma Wilhelmine Ozols (Rīga)
Worker Aniufis Pačomovs (Rīga) and Marija Mošaeva (Rozentova)
Clerk Wilhelms Aleksandrs Graudiņš (Valmiera) and Karolina Elisabete Klinklavs (Vecpiebalga)
Student Mihails [...]

Rīga Banns, Week of April 14, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.

April 13, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 17, 1925)

Chemist Aleksandrs Kārlis Hjords (Rīga) and Dagmāra Berta Grīnbergs (Rīga)
Baker Hermans Jaitus Janjurs (Limbaži) and Jūlija Sveina Tons (Šekme) (?)
Janis Mednis (Dubulti) and Kristīna Rugājs (Rīga)
Worker [...]

Workers' Newspaper - April 7, 1923

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles and snippets that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical note.

Source: Strādnieku Avīze (Workers’ Newspaper), April 7, 1923

Escaped from a [...]

Rīga Banns, Week of April 7, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.

April 7, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 8, 1925)

Military clerk Pēteris Mednis (Lubeja) and Elza Ceļmala (Gulbene)
Clerk Hugo Velens (Sigulda) and Irma Wilhelmina Ozoliņš (Rīga)
Military clerk Arnolds Vīksne (Ikšķile) and Marta Paulina Andersons nee [...]

Riga Banns, Week of March 31, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.

March 31, 1925 (published in Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 1, 1925)

Railway worker Jānis Rudolfs Kriķis (Palsmane) and Lisete Milda Beitels (Bauska)
Merchant Kristian Marinnus Jeusen (Denmark) and Elvīra Vītols (Rīga)
Artist Sergei Jakovlev (Vilnius) and Tekla [...]

Rīga Banns, Week of March 24, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details.

March 24, 1925 (published in Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], March 25, 1925)

Students Eduards Paulis Čaibe (Īle) and Hermīne Veronika Leimanis (Mežmuiža)
Clerk Paulis Erichs Pētersons (Straupe) and Emma Matilde Miezis (Rīga)
Locksmith Kārlis Wilhelms Kepke (Cēsis) and [...]

Rīga Banns, Week of March 17, 1925

Tracking down your ancestors’ activities in interwar Latvia can be tricky. The official records are not online. Any birth, marriage or death record needs to be obtained from a registry office, either by going in person (cheapest), ordering through an embassy (expensive, or direct from the registry office if you’re lucky) or by asking someone [...]

Latest News – March 16, 1940

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical note.

Source: Jaunākās Ziņas (Latest News), March 16, 1940

New Surname, by Andris Bērziņš

“It [...]

Venta’s Voice – February 22, 1940

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical note.

Source: Ventas Balss (Venta’s Voice), February 22, 1940

Surname changes without well-founded reasons

The [...]

Baltic Herald – February 20, 1920

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles and snippets that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are of particular genealogical or historical note.

Here we read about how early Latvian migrants [...]