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Mappy Monday – Medieval to Early Modern Names for Latvian Territory

Picking up where we left off last week, talking about ancient names for Latvian territory – and now we’re moving into the Middle Ages, and then medieval and early modern eras! After the German crusaders invaded and gradually conquered the

Antra September 7, 2015 geography, history, religion, war 1 Comment

28th Edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy

Welcome, everyone, to the 28th edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern European Genealogy! This month’s topic was War Stories. J.M. of Tracing My Roots, in the post The Effects of War, describes the lingering effects of war after

Antra April 30, 2010 administrative No Comments

Tombstone Tuesday – Cemetery of Non-Existent Cemeteries

Another slightly unusual “Tombstone Tuesday”. Today I’m deviating somewhat from the “Latvian” part of this blog, because what I came across here while visiting Gdansk, Poland, really spoke to me. This is the memorial stone at the “Cemetery of Non-Existent

Antra December 1, 2009December 8, 2009 memorials No Comments

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