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Three Years!

This blog is three years old today! As I’ve said in previous blog anniversaries, when I first started this blog, I never imagined that I would get the response that I have. I’ve had people contact me from all over

Antra October 10, 2012October 9, 2012 administrative, Latvian Surname Project, museums, surnames 3 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Jānis KreiÅ¡manis, 1873-1920

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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Top

Antra October 9, 2012October 1, 2012 photographs, Rīga 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – October 4, 1915

Note: If you are following this series closely, please go and read the ninth installment first, which I had forgotten to schedule for September 22nd. It is up now though, so go there before reading this one! Tenth installment from

Antra October 4, 2012October 1, 2012 family, Limbaži, migration, war No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Katrine Richerts, 1874-1936

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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra October 2, 2012October 1, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Miglāns Family

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, September 2012. Click to enlarge. Top

Antra September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

WW1 Diary – September 22, 1915

Ninth 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 September 22, 2012October 1, 2012 family, Limbaži, migration, war 1 Comment

WW1 Diary – September 20, 1915

Eighth 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 September 20, 2012August 20, 2012 family, Limbaži, migration, war No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Marcis Balodis, 1873-1934

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, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Top

Antra September 18, 2012September 18, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Hermans Putniņš, 1913-1936

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, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Top

Antra September 11, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Eduards Lazdiņš, 1886-1926

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, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:

Antra September 4, 2012August 19, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments
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