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Mappy Monday – Medieval to Early Modern Names for Latvian Territory

Picking up where we left off last week, talking about ancient names for Latvian territory – and now we’re moving into the Middle Ages, and then medieval and early modern eras! After the German crusaders invaded and gradually conquered the

Antra September 7, 2015 geography, history, religion, war 1 Comment

Mappy Monday – Ancient Names for Latvian Territory

Latvia wasn’t always called Latvia – and for most of history, you won’t have found a place called “Latvia” on a map. Only in the 20th century did Latvia become an independent country. This also means that if you are

Antra August 31, 2015August 30, 2015 geography, history, religion 1 Comment

Mappy Monday – Ethnic and Religious Enclaves

Latvia is not and has never been one monoethnic entity. Certainly, Latvians – and Luteran Latvians, at that – have made up the majority, but they are not the only ones living in Latvia. Throughout the years, there have been

Antra August 17, 2015 farms, geography, history, languages, religion No Comments

Finnic Influences in Latvia: Population Crossover

This is the third post in a series about Finnic influences in Latvia. You can read the first one about place names here and the second one about personal names here. Today we will be looking at population crossover. But

Antra August 13, 2015August 9, 2015 geography, history, languages, Rīga, religion, Valka No Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Abandoned Estonian Church in Lincoln County, Wisconsin

I know this is a blog about Latvian genealogy, but I’ve decided to make this post about our friends and neighbours, the Estonians. At the end of April and beginning of May, I was in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Lincoln County,

Antra July 17, 2013 migration, religion 5 Comments

Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus from Discovering Latvian Roots!

Merry Christmas, or, as you would say in Latvian, PriecÄ«gus ZiemassvÄ“tkus! Hope you and yours have a good holiday! And what would be a Latvian Christmas without pÄ«rāgi (bacon buns)? Here is my dad, making pÄ«rāgi yesterday… And here is

Antra December 24, 2012December 24, 2012 family, religion No Comments

Where Could They Be From?

What do you do if you have little to go on when it comes to researching your Latvian ancestors? What if they emigrated in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and the only information that passenger lists or naturalization records

Antra November 17, 2012November 14, 2012 farms, given names, migration, records, religion, surnames 1 Comment

Ē is for Ērģeles

So what does the third Latvian letter of the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge get us? Ä’rÄ£eles! I’ll admit, this one is a bit of a stretch. But there aren’t many Latvian words that start with Ä’ (a long

Antra June 24, 2012July 9, 2012 Liepāja, Rīga, religion 1 Comment

B is for Baptists and Brazil

Now up on the Family History through the Alphabet challenge… B is for Baptists and Brazil Now, you may be wondering what Baptists have to do with Brazil, and what either have to do with Latvia. Quite a lot actually!

Antra June 9, 2012July 9, 2012 migration, religion 6 Comments

“Who Do You Think You Are?” – Rashida Jones Episode Review

I never thought that this was something I’d end up doing on this blog – reviewing a Who Do You Think You Are? episode. But it has happened – last weekend’s episode took place partially in Latvia! The celebrity in

Antra May 10, 2012 migration, religion, television 9 Comments
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