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Mappy Monday – Crossing the Southern Border

Last week on Mappy Monday, we made the journey north to Estonia, to learn different names of Estonian places that could come up in your research. This week, we will be doing the same with Lithuania! Historically speaking, Latvia has

Antra November 2, 2015 geography, history, migration No Comments

Mappy Monday – Crossing the Northern Border

On this week’s edition of Mappy Monday, we are taking a trip across Latvia’s northern border into Estonia! I know I’ve talked a lot about Estonia on this blog recently, and there’s a reason for that – the histories are

Antra October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 geography, history, migration 1 Comment

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 – Soviet Era and Modern Names in Latvia

Following on the heels of the Second World War era, we now come to the Soviet and modern eras when it comes to name changes in Latvian territory. The Soviet era brought a huge amount of reorganization to Latvian territory,

Antra October 19, 2015 geography, history No Comments

Mappy Monday – Second World War Name Changes

So we last left off on Mappy Monday with Interwar Territorial Changes in Latvia. Today, we move on to the tricky business of naming during wartime. During the Second World War, Latvia was occupied three times, and the third occupation

Antra October 12, 2015 geography, history, Rīga, war 1 Comment

Mappy Monday – Territorial Changes in Interwar Latvian Territory

As mentioned in the last Mappy Monday post, now we’ll be talking about interwar territorial changes and names. After the First World War and the subsequent wars of independence, the world gained the three independent Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia

Antra October 5, 2015 geography, history 1 Comment

Finnic Influences in Latvia: Population Crossover

This is the third post in a series about Finnic influences in Latvia. You can read the first one about place names here and the second one about personal names here. Today we will be looking at population crossover. But

Antra August 13, 2015August 9, 2015 geography, history, languages, Rīga, religion, Valka No Comments

Finnic Influences in Latvia: Personal Names

Time for my second post on Finnic influences in Latvia – see the first one on place names here. This post was planned for last week, but then my laptop’s motherboard died, and since it would have cost so much

Antra July 30, 2015July 31, 2015 geography, given names, history, surnames No Comments

Finnic Influences in Latvia: Place Names

This is the first in a series of posts regarding Finnic influences in Latvia, which will discuss places, names, language and population, as well as the relevance that this will have on your genealogical adventures. Since Finnic peoples were never

Antra July 9, 2015 geography, history 3 Comments

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