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100 Years Ago – February Diary Entries

Since 2018 is Latvia’s centennial, I am bringing my postings of diary entries in line with the centennial, so that you can see this on-the-ground narrative of someone who was right there in Latvia as the events leading up to

Antra February 2, 2018January 4, 2018 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

100 Years Ago – January Diary Entries

It has been some time since I posted new diary entries from my great-grandfather’s sister’s (Alise Tešs, maiden name Francis) diary, and I’ve done that so that I could bring them in line with the centennial of when they were

Antra January 4, 2018 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – December 10, 1918

Eighty-seventh installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra December 10, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war 2 Comments

WW1 Diary – December 4, 1918

Eighty-sixth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra December 4, 2015December 10, 2015 farms, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 28, 1918

Eighty-fifth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 28, 2015November 28, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 12, 1918

Eighty-fourth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 12, 2015November 10, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 10, 1918

Eighty-third installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 10, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – November 7, 1918

Eighty-second installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 7, 2015November 10, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 4, 1918

Eighty-first installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 4, 2015November 2, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 1, 1918

Eightieth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra November 1, 2015November 2, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments
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