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WW1 Diary – January 14, 1918

Fifty-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 January 14, 2015January 2, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – January 7, 1918

Fifty-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 January 7, 2015January 2, 2015 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – December 31, 1917

Fifty-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 December 31, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – December 27, 1917

Fifty-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 December 27, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – December 25, 1917

Fifty-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 December 25, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – December 12, 1917

Fifty-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 December 12, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 10, 1917

Fiftieth 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, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – November 1, 1917

Forty-ninth 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, 2014October 16, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

In Loving Memory: A Special 52 Ancestors Post

This is my Week #39 52 Ancestors post, and it is dedicated to a very recent ancestor of mine, my grandmother Aina Margrieta Līcīte, married name France, who passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Aina Margrieta (Līcīte) France

Antra October 30, 2014 family, Krustpils, memorials, migration, Rīga, war 3 Comments

WW1 Diary – October 26, 1917

Forty-eighth 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 October 26, 2014August 31, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments
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