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Mappy Monday – Russian Empire Era Names for Latvian Territory

Back to Mappy Monday – sorry we missed last week, but I was down with a bad cold and headache, so I couldn’t get this out last Monday! But continuing on from where we left off, at medieval to early

Antra September 21, 2015 geography, history, war 1 Comment

Debunking Latvian Genealogy Myths: The Records Are All Destroyed!

So today we’re starting a new series of posts, debunking myths about Latvian genealogical research. I did this in brief five years ago, but now we are going to get more in-depth about each of these myths, addressing how they

Antra September 10, 2015April 3, 2017 history, military, records, resources, war 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Smiltene Revolutionary Memorial

(Click picture to enlarge) Memorial to revolutionary Jānis Palkavnieks, killed here by a governmental punitive expedition in 1906, just outside of Smiltene. Photo taken by me, August 2014.

Antra July 29, 2015 history, photographs, Smiltene No Comments

WW1 Diary – June 4, 1917

Forty-first installment from the diary of my great-grandfather’s sister Alise, written during the First World War. When the diary starts, she is living just a few miles from the front lines of the Eastern Front, and is then forced to

Antra June 4, 2014April 4, 2014 family, migration, Valmiera, war No Comments

Homeland – January 18, 1911

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

Antra January 18, 2013January 8, 2013 family, history, newspapers, Vijciems 1 Comment

Baltic Herald – January 11, 1906

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

Antra January 11, 2013January 8, 2013 history, newspapers, Smiltene 3 Comments

Where Could They Be From?

What do you do if you have little to go on when it comes to researching your Latvian ancestors? What if they emigrated in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and the only information that passenger lists or naturalization records

Antra November 17, 2012November 14, 2012 farms, given names, migration, records, religion, surnames 1 Comment

Ž is for Žandarmērija

So now we have come to the end of the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge! I’m happy that I’ve been able to complete the whole challenge. What next, I wonder? So, Ž is for ŽandarmÄ“rija… “žandarmÄ“rija” is the Latvian

Antra November 14, 2012November 13, 2012 military, Rīga, records, resources 1 Comment

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