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Riga Tax Lists

More and more Latvian records are going online every day, thanks to FamilySearch and their cooperation with the Latvian State Historical Archives. That’s the good news. The bad news is that sometimes they can be difficult to navigate, because the

Antra August 12, 2019August 6, 2019 education, languages, Rīga, records, resources No Comments

Genealogy Courses – Now Always Available!

As many of you who have been following this blog for awhile will know, I’ve occasionally run genealogy courses via email, so that more and more of you can learn how to do your research on your own. These have

Antra June 23, 2018 administrative, education, giveaways, languages, professional, records, resources No Comments

New Free Email Course: Russian Handwriting!

I know for a lot of people who are researching their Latvian genealogy, even when they’ve mastered different name spellings, different names for places in various languages, terrible handwriting in German… the one thing that still terrifies them is the

Antra May 19, 2018May 21, 2018 education, giveaways No Comments

Steps to Latvian Genealogy Success!

Mark your calendars – on October 2nd, I am launching my new subscription program, “Steps to Latvian Genealogy Success”! Who is this program for? This program is for people who want to do their own Latvian genealogical research, but are

Antra September 19, 2016 administrative, education, languages, records, surnames No Comments

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

Debunking Latvian Genealogy Myths: My Family Name is Only Spelled One Way!

This is the second in a series about myths relating to Latvian genealogy. Go check out the first one about record availability here! Today’s myth: “My ancestors only spelled their surname one way.” Wrong. Very wrong. Very incredibly wrong. If

Antra October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 given names, history, languages, records, surnames No Comments

Finnic Influences in Latvia: Language and Vocabulary

This is the last post in a series on Finnic influences in Latvia. You can also read the other posts in the series about Finnic influence on place names and personal names, as well as read about population crossover at

Antra August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 geography, history, languages 1 Comment

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

Struggling with German Script?

While ruling powers – Germans, Swedes, Russians, Poles, etc. – changed over the centuries, one constant in the ruling class remained: Most local gentry in Latvian territory were Germans. As a result, many documents related to Latvian genealogical research prior

Antra May 14, 2014May 13, 2014 resources No Comments
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