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Tombstone Tuesday – Roberts Bemchens, 1898-1927

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. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra April 16, 2013March 21, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Rīga Banns, Week of April 14, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 13, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 17, 1925) Chemist Aleksandrs Kārlis Hjords (Rīga) and Dagmāra Berta Grīnbergs

Antra April 14, 2013April 6, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records No Comments

Pre-Independence Rīga House Registers on Raduraksti!

I looked into Raduraksti this morning, and what did I see…. a new document section for house registers! These are the “house books” that I have mentioned a number of times before. They provide information about everyone living in a

Antra April 11, 2013 Raduraksti, Rīga, records 2 Comments

WW1 Diary – April 10, 1916

Twentieth 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

Antra April 10, 2013February 17, 2013 family, Limbaži, migration, war No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Andrejs Å leiners and Ansis Jenzens

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. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:

Antra April 9, 2013March 21, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Workers’ Newspaper – April 7, 1923

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

Antra April 7, 2013April 7, 2013 family, migration, newspapers No Comments

Rīga Banns, Week of April 7, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 7, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 8, 1925) Military clerk Pēteris Mednis (Lubeja) and Elza Ceļmala (Gulbene)

Antra April 7, 2013April 6, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records 1 Comment

Surname Saturday – Estates are Live on the Latvian Surname Project!

What do we have for today’s Surname Saturday? A new content category on the Latvian Surname Project! If you’ve stopped by the Latvian Surname Project recently, you may have happened across some of the work I’ve been doing adding surnames

Antra April 6, 2013April 5, 2013 farms, Latvian Surname Project, resources, surnames No Comments

WW1 Diary – April 3, 1916

Nineteenth 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

Antra April 3, 2013February 17, 2013 family, Limbaži, migration, war No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – PÄ“ters Lodziņš, 1904-1930

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. Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra April 2, 2013March 21, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments
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