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Comment on Calling All Descendants of Wisconsin Latvians! by Barry Brikowski

Barry Brikowski — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:04 +0000

Hi, My family is related to John Brikowski, his brother William is my great grandfather. I have an article in Latvian that explains their story a little. get back to me and I can email a copy to you.
Thanks, Barry Brikowski

Comment on Questions? Surnames? One-Name Studies? One-Place Studies? All Here! by Pauline

Pauline — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:14 +0000

Brilliant! This is just what we need. Thank you.

Comment on Book Review: The Case for Latvia by Pauline

Pauline — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:37:20 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation, my copy has arrived, so we are all looking forward to reading it!

Comment on Rīga Banns, Week of March 17, 1925 by Rīga Banns – Week of May 12, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots

Rīga Banns – Week of May 12, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:07:04 +0000

[...] of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more [...]

Comment on Exciting News for Latvians Around the World! by Jeffrey Berry

Jeffrey Berry — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:25:12 +0000

This is very exciting indeed!

I was also unable to tell from the exact wording of various newspaper articles whether or not the descendants of World War II-era exiles would be a distinct category from “any ethnic Latvian or Livonian” and thus whether learning the language would be necessary to apply for citizenship for these descendants. It was also unclear what level of language fluency would be required! Any updates on this front would be greatly appreciated!

Comment on Rīga Banns, Week of March 17, 1925 by Rīga Banns – Week of April 28, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots

Rīga Banns – Week of April 28, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:46:10 +0000

[...] of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more [...]

Comment on B is for Baptists and Brazil by Andris Lauberts

Andris Lauberts — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:53:44 +0000

To Liga: Possibly Andermans = Andermann from the Sigulda area. These Andermann is on a family tree (not related to me) since 1730. That tree leads to mother of Karlis Augstroze (*1863), married to Karline, sister to my vectevs Peteris. Descendants of K&K should know more about Andermann.

Comment on Rīga Banns – Week of April 28, 1925 by Robert Marcus

Robert Marcus — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:18:28 +0000

This site has been a great resource helping in my search. Thanks to this site I found “Periodika” website. While looking at this site I noticed a maps section. Clicking it on I found out you can zoom into the area you are interested in then click on the “active layers” icon on the right hand side. It brings up a box of different dated maps. Click on the date you want and it will overlay that years map over the area you have chosen. It will come up blank if that year doesn’t exist. For example I’m trying to find a farmstead called Sanderi near Saldus. I zoom into Saldus area , then click on the 1914-1921 map in the active layer box , and it shows what I think is farms in the area. ( the closest I could find to Sanderi is Sander – don’t know if it’s the same)

Great resource – thanks!!!!!

Comment on The New Latvian Surname Project is Live! by Skrodel

Skrodel — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:18:59 +0000

My father’s family came from an area in Eastern Prussia that is now Oblast Kaliningrad and my maiden name is Skrodel. Is it a Latvian name? I’m from Germany and would be happy about an answer. Only one person in Germany, my cousin, is left with this name.

Comment on Rīga Banns, Week of March 17, 1925 by Rīga Banns, Week of April 21, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots

Rīga Banns, Week of April 21, 1925 « Discovering Latvian Roots — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:14:39 +0000

[...] of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more [...]