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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

New Free Email Course: Understanding Internal Passport Records!

A question a lot of people ask: What is this “List of Latvian Inhabitants (1918-1940)” on Raduraksti? This new free email course will help answer that question! When you first started using Raduraksti, you probably zeroed in on the “Databases”

Antra July 13, 2018 education, professional, resources 5 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

Give Latvia the Gift of You

As many of you will know, today is November 18, which means it is Latvia’s Independence Day! This year, Latvia celebrates 99 years, which means that next year – 2018 – is the centennial! Celebrating a centennial is a big

Antra November 18, 2017 administrative, education, giveaways, 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

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

Mappy Monday – Administrative Divisions?!

One common point of confusion/frustration when it comes to tracking Latvian locations on maps throughout the centuries is the big jumble of administrative divisions. Some have stayed constant and relatively simple – like cities, albeit increasing in size – while

Antra August 10, 2015August 6, 2015 farms, geography, history, resources No 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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