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Online Access to 1941 Census

One resource that has appeared online on FamilySearch is the 1941 census – though officially it wasn’t called a “census”, but rather a “register of residents”, though in practice it functions as a census. It was taken not long after

Antra August 19, 2019August 6, 2019 education, geography, records, resources, war No Comments

Riga Tax Lists

More and more Latvian records are going online every day, thanks to FamilySearch and their cooperation with the Latvian State Historical Archives. That’s the good news. The bad news is that sometimes they can be difficult to navigate, because the

Antra August 12, 2019August 6, 2019 education, languages, Rīga, records, resources No Comments

Genealogy Courses – Now Always Available!

As many of you who have been following this blog for awhile will know, I’ve occasionally run genealogy courses via email, so that more and more of you can learn how to do your research on your own. These have

Antra June 23, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, languages, professional, records, resources No Comments

Free Email Course!

The most important tool in your arsenal in your Latvian genealogy journey is Raduraksti – but are you really using it to its full potential? If you’re new to Latvian genealogy, the website can be daunting – but don’t worry,

Antra February 8, 2017May 24, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, Raduraksti, records, resources 1 Comment

Latvian Genealogy Boot Camp!

So it’s that time of year again – holidays, presents, and soon the New Year! Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? I know one of mine is to get back to blogging more regularly, since I haven’t really had

Antra December 23, 2016 administrative, education, geography, languages, Raduraksti, records, resources, surnames No Comments

Steps to Latvian Genealogy Success!

Mark your calendars – on October 2nd, I am launching my new subscription program, “Steps to Latvian Genealogy Success”! Who is this program for? This program is for people who want to do their own Latvian genealogical research, but are

Antra September 19, 2016 administrative, education, languages, records, surnames 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

Debunking Latvian Genealogy Myths: My Family Name is Only Spelled One Way!

This is the second in a series about myths relating to Latvian genealogy. Go check out the first one about record availability here! Today’s myth: “My ancestors only spelled their surname one way.” Wrong. Very wrong. Very incredibly wrong. If

Antra October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 given names, history, languages, records, surnames No Comments

Debunking Latvian Genealogy Myths: The Records Are All Destroyed!

So today we’re starting a new series of posts, debunking myths about Latvian genealogical research. I did this in brief five years ago, but now we are going to get more in-depth about each of these myths, addressing how they

Antra September 10, 2015April 3, 2017 history, military, records, resources, war 2 Comments

Pay Close Attention to Document Numbers

Many genealogical documents contain not only information about your ancestor, but clues on how to find out even more. But do you know how to read those clues? Documents and records lead to more documents and records. This is a

Antra August 21, 2014August 16, 2014 migration, Rīga, records, resources, war No Comments
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