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Beginners’ Course in Latvian Genealogy!

Big announcement today – Starting on February 9th, I will be running an online 12-week beginners’ course on Latvian genealogy, where we will start with the basics of Latvian research using online sources. I know getting into the records can

Antra January 26, 2015 administrative, education, professional 2 Comments

Planning a Summer Trip?

Summer is in full swing, and this starts to be the time when many Latvian emigrants and their descendants make a summer trip to the homeland. Will that be you? Latvia is a beautiful place to visit in the summer,

Antra July 16, 2014 administrative, museums, professional, Rīga 1 Comment

Missed Diary Entries

With everything that has been going on, I missed posting two of the diary entries from my great-great-aunt’s First World War diary. I have now posted and backdated them, so you can go back to take a look: November 25,

Antra December 6, 2013 administrative, family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

Time for the Third Puzzle!

What do you have to solve this week? Just a simple keyword puzzle. By solving this puzzle, you’ll reveal the tools that you need to solve the puzzles *within* the “A President For His Country” short story, which is coming

Antra October 24, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional No Comments

Come Solve The Next Puzzle!

The newest puzzle is available on my fiction site! This time, you will be revealing the name of the short story – and by doing so, find your way to the prologue of the story! As before, first ten comments

Antra October 17, 2013October 16, 2013 administrative, fiction, giveaways, professional 1 Comment

My Fiction Project is Live!

So today I’m celebrating my fourth blogiversary! I started this blog on October 10, 2009, and it has been quite the adventure! More and more people are coming here to learn about how to find their Latvian roots. This is

Antra October 10, 2013October 9, 2013 fiction, giveaways, professional 3 Comments

Research on Second World War Displaced Persons

I am posting this on behalf of a member of the FEEFHS (Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies) Facebook group, since I know a number of readers here are descendants of Second World War Displaced Persons, and could thus

Antra October 3, 2013 history, migration 2 Comments

What Are You Looking For?

This blog has been going for over three and a half years! Over the years, I’ve made a number of different posts, and I’ve decided to put this post together to highlight some key posts that are particularly useful for

Antra June 21, 2013June 20, 2013 administrative, records, resources 4 Comments

Questions? Surnames? One-Name Studies? One-Place Studies? All Here!

Looking for information on what your surname means, but it isn’t listed in the Latvian Surname Project? Have a question about Latvian genealogy that doesn’t specifically relate to a post here, but not sure where to post it? Interested in

Antra May 17, 2013May 21, 2013 administrative 5 Comments

Latvians Abroad Calendar Giveaway

I’ve run into a small problem here with the calendar giveaway…. five entries, but only four calendars. So I’ve decided to resolve this situation by asking a series of questions… let’s see how much people have been paying attention! What

Antra February 16, 2013 administrative, giveaways, museums No Comments
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