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1. Please do not post the same item on multiple posts. You only need to post once for it to be seen.

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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 soon!

Advance knowledge on how to solve the puzzles will be a great asset – you’ll [...]

October 24th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional | Leave a comment

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 get a free story-themed bookmark! Good luck solving it!

October 17th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional | One 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 fantastic! Thank you all for reading, and I hope you’ve learned a lot! I know [...]

October 10th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: fiction, giveaways, professional | 3 comments

What Are Your Goals?

Today I’m expanding a bit beyond my usual discussion on Latvian genealogy, to discuss a topic that is relevant to all fields of genealogy. The point of discussion – What are your goals?

It is important to define your genealogical goals when getting started. It is especially important to define your genealogical goals if you intend [...]

August 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: history, professional | Leave a comment

It’s That Time Again!

I will be heading to Latvia again in the fall, so I am available to help you in a variety of different ways.

The different services I can offer are outlined in this post from last winter. All prices in Canadian dollars. Send email to: (Note: this is an image to prevent spam. You will [...]

July 31st, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: administrative, professional | Leave a comment

Mention in Family Tree Magazine!

A few weeks ago, I was looking at my blog statistics, and I found that people had clicked on links from the Family Tree Magazine website to get to my blog. I’d never seen links from there before, so I went over to investigate… and discovered that I’d been named one of the Top 40 [...]

June 25th, 2012 | Tags: , , | Category: administrative, professional | One comment

Genealogy Goals for 2010

[This post is written for the 87th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, hosted by Creative Gene.]

While not new to genealogy, I am new to both genea-blogging and having information about my family such that I can conduct meaningful research. Most genealogical research that I have done has been for other people, and any efforts [...]

December 31st, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: family, professional | 5 comments