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:
RÄ«ga Banns, Week of May 5, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. May 4, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], May 5, 1925) Mason KÄrlis Sprogis (RÄ«ga) and EmÄ«lija Bekmanis (RÄ«ga) Musician
Baltic Farmer – May 2, 1884
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
Tombstone Tuesday – Vilis Olavs, 1867-1917
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
RÄ«ga Banns – Week of April 28, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 27, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], April 28, 1925) Tanner JÄnis Kudvins (Tartu) and Olga Marija Sprogis (Iecava)
Tombstone Tuesday – JÅ«lijs RimÅ¡a, 1894-1926
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
RÄ«ga Banns, Week of April 21, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 20, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], April 21, 1925) Clerk Hugo Volens (Sigulda) and Irma Wilhelmine Ozols (RÄ«ga)
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:
RÄ«ga Banns, Week of April 14, 1925
Part of my series of publishing the banns read in RÄ«ga in the interwar period. See this post for more details. April 13, 1925 (Latvijas VÄ“stnesis [Latvian Herald], April 17, 1925) Chemist Aleksandrs KÄrlis Hjords (RÄ«ga) and DagmÄra Berta GrÄ«nbergs
Pre-Independence RÄ«ga 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