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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

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

Tombstone Tuesday – Kārlis and KatrÄ«na GrÄ«ntāls

In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, April 2012.

Antra August 28, 2012August 19, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Jānis Opsis, 1865-1930

In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. Usually I don’t have any more information on the people, but this time I do! Photo taken by me, April 2012.

Antra August 21, 2012August 19, 2012 Jūrmala, photographs No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Marija Stirna (born Fabricina), 1883-1930

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 August 14, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

M is for Manorial Estate

This is a good one for the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, something I mention quite a lot but I’m not sure if I’ve ever really defined… Manorial Estate! There were two types of “estates” in pre-independence Latvian society

Antra August 11, 2012August 12, 2012 farms, history 3 Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – JÄ“kabs Dravnieks, 1869-1926

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. Top

Antra August 7, 2012 photographs, Rīga No Comments

What Are Your Goals?

Today I’m expanding a bit beyond my usual discussion on Latvian genealogy, to discuss a topic that is relevant to all fields of genealogy. The point of discussion – What are your goals? It is important to define your genealogical

Antra August 3, 2012August 3, 2012 history, professional No Comments
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