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Discovering Latvian Roots

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Giving the Gift of Family History

Are you considering giving the gift of family history this Christmas (or other winter holiday)? If you are, don’t wait until the last minute! Especially if you want the sights of summer included! If you head over to my Services

Antra August 11, 2016August 6, 2016 administrative, professional No Comments

Changes in Course Offerings!

As you will recall, last year I launched my first genealogy course offering – most specifically, a 12-week intensive course on the basics of conducting online research in Latvian genealogy. Response to the course has been great, but at the

Antra January 9, 2016January 9, 2016 administrative, education, professional, records No Comments

Planning a Genealogy Holiday Gift?

Are you considering giving the gift of family history this Christmas (or other winter holiday)? If you are, don’t wait until the last minute! Especially if you want the sights of summer included! If you head over to my Services

Antra August 15, 2015 administrative, professional No Comments

Patreon Debut!

This week marks the start of a new era of Discovering Latvian Roots! I’m committing to a new blogging/social media schedule, and the reason for that is I’m also opening up my offerings to include Patreon! You can find the

Antra June 30, 2015 administrative, giveaways, professional No Comments

New Genealogy Courses Starting in May!

As you may recall, in February I started my first beginners’ course in Latvian genealogy. It is still running, and it has been an intense experience for all involved! But everyone (including me!) is learning a lot, so I think

Antra April 27, 2015 administrative, education, professional 1 Comment

Beginners’ Course in Latvian Genealogy!

Big announcement today – Starting on February 9th, I will be running an online 12-week beginners’ course on Latvian genealogy, where we will start with the basics of Latvian research using online sources. I know getting into the records can

Antra January 26, 2015 administrative, education, professional 2 Comments

Planning a Summer Trip?

Summer is in full swing, and this starts to be the time when many Latvian emigrants and their descendants make a summer trip to the homeland. Will that be you? Latvia is a beautiful place to visit in the summer,

Antra July 16, 2014 administrative, museums, professional, Rīga 1 Comment

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

Antra October 24, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional No Comments

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

Antra October 17, 2013October 16, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional 1 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

Antra October 10, 2013October 9, 2013 fiction, giveaways, professional 3 Comments
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