Discovering Latvian Roots » suggestions http://www.celmina.com/genealogy Tips, tricks and help in conducting Latvian ancestral research. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:58:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Do You Want To Read? http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/08/what-do-you-want-to-read/ http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/08/what-do-you-want-to-read/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:31:32 +0000 Antra http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=330 Sorry for the lack of posting the past couple of weeks – I was making my way home from Latvia, and then, just four days after getting home, moved across the province. I’m mostly settled in now, and starting to process everything I learned and found while I was researching in the archives in Latvia.

There’s [...]]]> Sorry for the lack of posting the past couple of weeks – I was making my way home from Latvia, and then, just four days after getting home, moved across the province. I’m mostly settled in now, and starting to process everything I learned and found while I was researching in the archives in Latvia.

There’s just so much that I learned, so much that I could share, that I don’t know where to start!

What do you, my readers, want to read about? Is it surnames and the history of them that you’re interested in? 20th century census records? 19th century revision lists? Military records? Land records? I’ll talk about them all eventually, but if there’s something specific that you want to hear about, do let me know, and I’ll get to it as soon as I can!

]]> http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/08/what-do-you-want-to-read/feed/ 4 I’ll Be Back http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/02/ill-be-back/ http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/2010/02/ill-be-back/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:36:10 +0000 Antra http://www.celmina.com/genealogy/?p=171 I know I’ve been quiet on here lately, but I will hopefully be getting some of these posts that I’ve been brainstorming up in the next week. Between starting my new job, finishing up assignments and exams for a number of courses from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies and getting started on ProGen assignments, [...]]]> I know I’ve been quiet on here lately, but I will hopefully be getting some of these posts that I’ve been brainstorming up in the next week. Between starting my new job, finishing up assignments and exams for a number of courses from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies and getting started on ProGen assignments, time has been short!

I should however be finished all of those by Saturday, so Sunday should be spent writing up all of the blog posts that I’ve been planning but haven’t had the chance to put to keyboard yet.

I’ve found having a full-time job with a commute really does cut into genealogy time – though I do get to spend my days at work staring at maps! Modern digital maps, not old maps, but maps nonetheless, so at least some of my interests are satisfied.

I’m taking suggestions on which post should be the next that I post. Which subject would you most like to see covered?

  • Getting Started with Latvian Research – self-explanatory
  • Importance of Farm Names – that is, the name of the farms and estates Latvians lived (and in many cases, still live) on
  • Sorting Out Ethnicity – you know your ancestor was born on Latvian territory, but what ethnicity were they? Various clues that can help you figure this out.
  • Availability of the 1897 All-Russia Census – not all parishes are represented, but I’ve marked all of the available parishes on a map to find a pattern to which records survive.

Make your vote in the comments!

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