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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

Win a Latvians Abroad Calendar!

Want to get your hands on a 2013 calendar from the “Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre”? You can win one here! I am giving away four calendars from this great institution, one that I’ve been working with for

Antra January 7, 2013January 22, 2013 administrative, giveaways, museums 6 Comments

The New Latvian Surname Project is Live!

After six months of hard work and fiddling around with the new software, I’m proud to present the all-new version of the Latvian Surname Project! What’s new… … you can browse surnames by parish! … you can see old spellings

Antra January 3, 2013 administrative, Latvian Surname Project, surnames 9 Comments

2013 LaPa Calendars for Sale!

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you’ll be familiar with the Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre (Latvian name “LatvieÅ¡i pasaulÄ“ – muzejs un pÄ“tniecÄ«bas centrs”, from which the short form LaPa is formed). I worked at

Antra October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 administrative, museums No Comments

Three Years!

This blog is three years old today! As I’ve said in previous blog anniversaries, when I first started this blog, I never imagined that I would get the response that I have. I’ve had people contact me from all over

Antra October 10, 2012October 9, 2012 administrative, Latvian Surname Project, museums, surnames 3 Comments

It’s That Time Again!

I will be heading to Latvia again in the fall, so I am available to help you in a variety of different ways. The different services I can offer are outlined in this post from last winter. All prices in

Antra July 31, 2012July 30, 2012 administrative, professional No Comments

Mention in Family Tree Magazine!

A few weeks ago, I was looking at my blog statistics, and I found that people had clicked on links from the Family Tree Magazine website to get to my blog. I’d never seen links from there before, so I

Antra June 25, 2012 administrative, professional 1 Comment

Support This Site, Support My Trip!

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ll be heading to Latvia in January for four months, doing an internship at the Latvians Abroad Museum and Research Centre. I’m going to have a lot of interesting and exciting things to do while I’m

Antra December 15, 2011 administrative 4 Comments

I’m Back!

Sorry for my long absence, this last semester of classes has just been extremely time-consuming. But everything has been submitted, and there is only one component left to my program prior to graduation in the spring – completing my internship!

Antra December 14, 2011 administrative, family, museums, surnames 1 Comment

Happy New Year!

I apologize profusely for my lack of posting in the past two months. My school program was a lot more intense than I’d ever imagined, and that left me time for little else. But right now I am still on

Antra January 4, 2011 administrative 1 Comment
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