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52 Ancestors #8: Pēteris Celmiņš

Time for Week 8 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 PÄ“teris Celmiņš. Now, the first question

Antra February 21, 2014 family, Vijciems 1 Comment

Where Could They Be From?

What do you do if you have little to go on when it comes to researching your Latvian ancestors? What if they emigrated in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and the only information that passenger lists or naturalization records

Antra November 17, 2012November 14, 2012 farms, given names, migration, records, religion, surnames 1 Comment

Forename Friday – ZiedÄ«te

Today’s name is ZiedÄ«te. This is a female name. According to Klāvs Siliņš’ LatvieÅ¡u personvārdu vārdnica (Dictionary of Latvian Personal Names), ZiedÄ«te comes from the Latvian verb “ziedÄ“t”, which means “to blossom”, and was first seen in 1915 in Zemgale,

Antra April 20, 2012April 6, 2012 given names No Comments

Forename Friday – Zinta

Welcome back to Forename Friday! This will be a biweekly series looking at Latvian first names, chosen based on one of the names found in the Latvian calendar of names for that day. Today’s name is Zinta. This is a

Antra April 6, 2012April 6, 2012 given names No Comments

“Fearless Females” – March 3

Today’s prompt: Do you share a first name with one of your female ancestors? Perhaps you were named for your great-grandmother, or your name follows a particular naming pattern. If not, then list the most unique or unusual female first

Antra March 3, 2010 family, given names 4 Comments

Forename Friday – Fire and Light

Today’s Forename Friday is dedicated to given names that relate to fire and light. This is an interesting category, because so many Latvian names come from it. But as I’ve mentioned before, even though there are many names in this

Antra February 6, 2010 given names 1 Comment

Forename Friday – “Laime”

The genea-blogging community has Surname Saturday, so why not Forename Friday? This is not meant to exclude those from cultures where given names appear after surnames, but there is no day of the week starting with a G for “given

Antra January 23, 2010January 23, 2010 given names No Comments

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