Time for Week 36 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. Sorry that I’ve been delayed on these posts – I
52 Ancestors #30: KÄrlis Celmiņš
Time for Week 30 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. We are on the Celmiņš trail once again, and we
52 Ancestors #26: DÄvis Celmiņš
Time for Week 26 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. Today we return to my Celmiņš line, with DÄvis Celmiņš,
52 Ancestors #25: Marija Radziņa
Time for Week 25 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Marija RadziņÄ, born November 11, 1856
52 Ancestors #9: KaÄe Rožlapa
Time for Week 9 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is KaÄe Rožlapa, born c. 1822 and
52 Ancestors #8: Pēteris Celmiņš
Time for Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is PÄ“teris Celmiņš. Now, the first question
Homeland – January 18, 1911
This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles and snippets that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events