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
Wordless Wednesday – Abandoned Estonian Church in Lincoln County, Wisconsin
I know this is a blog about Latvian genealogy, but I’ve decided to make this post about our friends and neighbours, the Estonians. At the end of April and beginning of May, I was in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Lincoln County,
Tombstone Tuesday – LÅ«sis 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Top
Diploma of Aleksandrs Francis – July 4, 1944
My grandfather Aleksandrs Francis attended the Jelgava Academy of Agriculture and graduated in 1944. He had also spent some time in Uppsala, Sweden, in a student exchange at Uppsala University. This is the diploma that was issued to him on
Tombstone Tuesday – Ernests EglÄ«tis, 1881-1940
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:
Tombstone Tuesday – KrÅ«miņš and Dulmanis 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, October 2012. Click to enlarge. Names:
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 23, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens NikolÄjs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (RÄ«ga)
Tombstone Tuesday – Alois Tlapa, 1879-1936
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. 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)
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 –