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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: Augusts Cinitis, born December 8, 1888, died June 16, 1925; Emma Cinite (maiden name Asars), born August [...] If you’ve been to the Latvian Surname Project, and looked at the map on the front page, you’ll have seen that most of eastern Latvia (Latgale) is blank. Not anymore! Recently I’ve had the opportunity to spend time reading a book called Latgaļu uzvōrdi, palames un dzymtas by Leonards Latkovskis. This book, as well as time spent [...] 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: Miķelis Vīksne, born October 10, 1839, died October 10, 1915 Bottom Inscription: “Es esmu augšamcelšanās un dzīvība, kas [...] Sorry I’m a day late on this one! Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 11, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 12, 1925) Table-maker Francis Cibulskis (Līksna) and Tekla Kokina (Līksna) 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: Aviac. Skol. Kurs. Leitn. Adolfs Krastiņš (Aviation School Course [?] Lieutenant Adolfs Krastiņš), born February 19, 1907, [...] Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 4, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], May 5, 1925) Mason Kārlis Sprogis (Rīga) and Emīlija Bekmanis (Rīga) 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 that are of particular genealogical note. Source: Baltijas Zemkopis (Baltic Farmer), May 2, 1884 From Cēsis. Today [...] 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 been desecrated during the Soviet period – see the torn spot in the middle, it [...] Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 27, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], April 28, 1925) Tanner Jānis Kudvins (Tartu) and Olga Marija Sprogis (Iecava) 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 enlarge. Top Inscription: Kara Lidotājs Virsl. (Airforce Lieutenant) Name: Jūlijs Rimša, born October 25, 1894, died May 17, [...] |
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