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Tombstone Tuesday – Mārtiņš Gutmans, 1869-1923

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra September 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Dr Andrejs Priedkalns, 1873-1923

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. In this case I do have some more information on this person. For the Latvian Wikipedia entry, click here. Short background,

Antra September 10, 2013August 20, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Kuznecovs Family

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:

Antra September 3, 2013August 20, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Hans and Katharine Waldmann

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:

Antra August 27, 2013August 20, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Robert Herrmuth, 1847-1908

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra August 20, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – LÅ«sis Family

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Top

Antra July 9, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Ernests EglÄ«tis, 1881-1940

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra July 2, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga 2 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – KrÅ«miņš and Dulmanis Family

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:

Antra June 25, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 23, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens Nikolājs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (Rīga)

Antra June 23, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records No Comments

Fire at Rīga Castle

Last night, just after 10pm local time, a fire broke out on the roof of the Castle of Rīga, which spread to several floors over the next few hours, burning several thousand square metres of area (some estimates say 3200

Antra June 21, 2013 museums, Rīga 2 Comments
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