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Debunking Latvian Genealogy Myths: The Same Surname Means We’re Related!

This is the third post in a series on debunking myths about Latvian genealogy. See the first post about records availability here and the second post about name spelling here. Today’s myth: I found someone with the same surname. That

Antra October 22, 2015 geography, history, languages, Latvian Surname Project, surnames No Comments

Mappy Monday – Prefixes Everywhere!

Rural Latvia was and is covered with farms – usually quite small in size, and all with names. Many of these names have been around for centuries – in most cases, longer than surnames. Many of these farm names come

Antra August 3, 2015July 20, 2015 Cēsis, farms, geography No Comments

52 Ancestors #33: Jānis Graumanis

Time for Week 33 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Jānis Graumanis, born c. 1789 and

Antra August 19, 2014 education, family, farms, migration, Sigulda, Valmiera 1 Comment

52 Ancestors #31: Ansis Eglītis

Time for Week 31 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Ansis EglÄ«tis, born c. 1818, died

Antra August 6, 2014 family, farms, Limbaži 1 Comment

52 Ancestors #21: Trīne (Unconfirmed)

Time for Week 21 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. As I mentioned last week, I’ll be spending a few

Antra May 24, 2014 family, farms, Limbaži, surnames 1 Comment

52 Ancestors #19: Kārlis Graumanis

Time for Week 19 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Kārlis Graumanis, born August 23, 1755

Antra May 12, 2014 family, Valmiera 1 Comment

52 Ancestors #18: Andrejs Eglītis

Time for Week 18 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is Andrejs EglÄ«tis, born c. 1774, died

Antra May 4, 2014 family, Limbaži 1 Comment

Surname Saturday – Relationship Between Surnames and Farm Names

Like in many other countries, rural properties in Latvia are known by names, rather than by street numbers as is typical in an urban setting. However, unlike most European countries, these rural Latvians really only acquired surnames in the early

Antra August 10, 2013 farms, surnames 1 Comment

Surname Saturday – Estates are Live on the Latvian Surname Project!

What do we have for today’s Surname Saturday? A new content category on the Latvian Surname Project! If you’ve stopped by the Latvian Surname Project recently, you may have happened across some of the work I’ve been doing adding surnames

Antra April 6, 2013April 5, 2013 farms, Latvian Surname Project, resources, surnames No Comments

Z is for Zemnieki

What? No W, X or Y? Nope! Latvian does not have these letters, so we now have two left – Z and Ž. Now we have Z for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge! “Zemnieki” is the Latvian word

Antra November 10, 2012 farms, history 2 Comments
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