In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. So we have an interesting one today – this individual
RÄ«ga Banns – Weeks of June 9 and June 16, 1925
Sorry I missed last week! Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 8, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 9, 1925) Carpenter KÄrlis Zariņš (Aloja)
Remembering June 14, 1941
June 14, 1941 was the day when thousands of Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians were deported to Siberia by the occupying Soviet forces. You can see posts I’ve made in other years here, here and here. I’ll be honest. I struggle
Tombstone Tuesday – Hilda Teresia Miller, 1856-1937
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Something a bit different for the next few weeks –
Latvian Herald – June 6, 1921
This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles that I find in the old Latvian newspapers available through Periodika. Most of the articles I post are in some way related to migration, wars or other events that are
Tombstone Tuesday – Erik Johannes Holmberg, 1910-1943
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Something a bit different for the next few weeks –
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 2, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 3, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 4, 1925) Student ArvÄ«ds Borga-Vepris (SÄtiņi) and Elza Leontine Lausteine (Celmenieki)
WW1 Diary – June 1, 1916
Twenty-fifth installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to
Tombstone Tuesday – Carl Magnus Carlsson, 1909-1943
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Something a bit different for the next few weeks –
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of May 26, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 25, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], May 26, 1925) Consul Otto Alberts Waklens (Sweden) and Regina Alise Johanson