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Baltic Herald – February 20, 1920

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

Antra February 20, 2013January 12, 2013 migration, newspapers, war 1 Comment

Latvis – January 17, 1923

This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles 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 that are

Antra January 17, 2013January 10, 2013 migration, newspapers No Comments

B is for Baptists and Brazil

Now up on the Family History through the Alphabet challenge… B is for Baptists and Brazil Now, you may be wondering what Baptists have to do with Brazil, and what either have to do with Latvia. Quite a lot actually!

Antra June 9, 2012July 9, 2012 migration, religion 6 Comments

Latvian Genealogy Primer – Part 1

Ready to move on to genealogical sources? See Part 2 of this primer here. Part 1 – Historical Context What You Need to Know about Latvia Latvia is a country in northeastern Europe, bordered by Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania.

Antra May 5, 2012May 15, 2012 administrative, migration, records, resources 4 Comments

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