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Baltic Herald – August 3, 1904

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

Antra August 3, 2013January 24, 2013 Jelgava, migration, newspapers No Comments

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,

Antra July 17, 2013 migration, religion 5 Comments

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

Antra July 9, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

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

Antra July 4, 2013June 18, 2013 family, Jelgava, records No Comments

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:

Antra July 2, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga 2 Comments

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:

Antra June 25, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

RÄ«ga Banns – Week of June 23, 1925

Part of my series of publishing the banns read in Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 20, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 26, 1925) Eižens Nikolājs Pillings (Jelgava) and Marija Anna Feldt (Rīga)

Antra June 23, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records No Comments

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

Antra June 18, 2013June 17, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments

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 Rīga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. June 8, 1925 (Latvijas Vēstnesis [Latvian Herald], June 9, 1925) Carpenter Kārlis Zariņš (Aloja)

Antra June 16, 2013 newspapers, Rīga, records 1 Comment

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 –

Antra June 11, 2013May 28, 2013 photographs, Rīga No Comments
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