This is part of my series of interesting newspaper articles and snippets 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
Tombstone Tuesday – Vilis Olavs, 1867-1917
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. In this case, I do have more information on the individual, see this Wikipedia article. This grave also appears to have
WW1 Diary – April 28, 1916
Twenty-fourth 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
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of April 28, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 27, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], April 28, 1925) Tanner JÄnis Kudvins (Tartu) and Olga Marija Sprogis (Iecava)
WW1 Diary – April 26, 1916
Twenty-third 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
WW1 Diary – April 25, 1916
Twenty-second 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 – JÅ«lijs RimÅ¡a, 1894-1926
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. In this case, I do have more information on the individual, see below. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to
RÄ«ga Banns, Week of April 21, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 20, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], April 21, 1925) Clerk Hugo Volens (Sigulda) and Irma Wilhelmine Ozols (RÄ«ga)
WW1 Diary – April 20, 1916
Twenty-first 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
Book Review: The Case for Latvia
I don’t review books on here often – okay, this is the first review – but I think it might be something I start. This book in particular I think is very valuable for understanding the tricky nuances of Latvian