Census records are typically heralded as the Holy Grail of genealogical documents: Family groups, relationships, ages, occupations, and more, easily accessible (as long as there is a search function, or if you know precisely where they lived) right at your
RÄ«ga Passport Database Index is Available!
Okay, so admittedly, I’m late with this post, since the database I’m going to talk about came online a few months ago, but with the other projects I’ve got going on, I hadn’t gotten around to this post yet. Better
Dates Before 1834
If you’ve spent any time in the Latvian church records on Raduraksti, you’ll have probably noticed that in most cases, the earliest records of births, marriages and deaths you’ll find is 1834 or 1835 (for ethnic Latvians, records for Germans
Saving Time on Death Records
All genealogists know that “killing off” – that is, establishing precise death dates and places – your ancestors is important. It helps prevent them from being confused with other people, explains why they weren’t at later events/places, and so on.
Diploma of Aleksandrs Francis – July 4, 1944
My grandfather Aleksandrs Francis attended the Jelgava Academy of Agriculture and graduated in 1944. He had also spent some time in Uppsala, Sweden, in a student exchange at Uppsala University. This is the diploma that was issued to him on
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 23, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens NikolÄjs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (RÄ«ga)
What Are You Looking For?
This blog has been going for over three and a half years! Over the years, I’ve made a number of different posts, and I’ve decided to put this post together to highlight some key posts that are particularly useful for
RÄ«ga Banns – Weeks of June 9 and June 16, 1925
Sorry I missed last week! Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 8, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 9, 1925) Carpenter KÄrlis Zariņš (Aloja)
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 2, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 3, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 4, 1925) Student ArvÄ«ds Borga-Vepris (SÄtiņi) and Elza Leontine Lausteine (Celmenieki)
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of May 26, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 25, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], May 26, 1925) Consul Otto Alberts Waklens (Sweden) and Regina Alise Johanson