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WW1 Diary – April 18, 1917

Fortieth 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 April 18, 2014April 4, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – April 8, 1917

Thirty-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 April 8, 2014April 4, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – March 14, 1917

Thirty-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 March 14, 2014March 6, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war 2 Comments

WW1 Diary – March 5, 1917

Thirty-seventh 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 March 5, 2014March 3, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – February 15, 1917

Thirty-sixth 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 February 15, 2014February 5, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – Sometime After January 7, 1917

Thirty-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 February 6, 2014February 5, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

WW1 Diary – January 1, 1917

Thirty-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 1, 2014December 27, 2013 family, migration, Valmiera, war 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – Third Day of Christmas, 1916

Thirty-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, 2013 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

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

WW1 Diary – November 30, 1916

Thirty-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 November 30, 2013December 9, 2013 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments
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