I know, I know, it has been a long time since I updated on the Family History through the Alphabet challenge. I was already behind when I joined, now I’m even further behind! But no matter. I will catch up
Ņ is for Ņižņijnovgoroda
Wow! That sure looks like a mouthful, doesn’t it? Don’t be too afraid though. This latest edition of Family History Through the Alphabet is just the Latvian name for the Russian city and oblast of Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod is
N is for New Style
Almost caught up on the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge! Today we’re talking about dates, dates and more dates – the topic is New Style vs. Old Style! No, we’re not talking about fashions for an evening out, but
M is for Manorial Estate
This is a good one for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, something I mention quite a lot but I’m not sure if I’ve ever really defined… Manorial Estate! There were two types of “estates” in pre-independence Latvian society
Ļ is for Ļaudis
We’ve stumbled onto a particularly difficult letter for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge… Ä». “Ä»” is an odd letter – sort of like the “ll” in “million”, with more of a “y” added to it. The only word
L is for Livland
Now time for another Latvian province for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge… Livland! Livland was not strictly a Latvian province. The territory it covered is now divided between northern Latvia and southern Estonia. This is an important thing
Ķ is for Ķimene and Ķiploks
So I have finally ran out of regular genealogy-related words for the more unusual letters of the Latvian alphabet for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, so we’re off to surnames… so today for Ķ we have Ķimene and
K is for Kurland
For centuries, what we now know as Latvia was a part of larger empires. In these larger empires, Latvia was not a province by itself, but rather divided into a number of different provinces. In this edition of the Family
J is for JaunlatvieÅ¡i and JaunÄ StrÄva
So, what are we serving up for J in the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge? JaunlatvieÅ¡i and JaunÄ StrÄva – two related movements in Latvia in the 19th century. The nineteenth century is when the Latvian nation started to
Ī is for Īrija
Okay, this one is a stretch. But for this tricky letter of the Latvian alphabet and the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, it’s all I’ve got. “Īrija” is Latvian for “Ireland”. In this series, I have already mentioned a