Time for Week 26 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. Today we return to my Celmiņš line, with DÄvis Celmiņš,
52 Ancestors #22: Anna Ronis (Bonis?)
Time for Week 22 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This was supposed to be another one of the “find
52 Ancestors #21: Trīne (Unconfirmed)
Time for Week 21 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. As I mentioned last week, I’ll be spending a few
52 Ancestors #20: Marija (Unknown)
Time for Week 20 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. Starting with this week, I’ll be spending a few weeks
RÄ«ga Passport Database Index is Available!
Okay, so admittedly, I’m late with this post, since the database I’m going to talk about came online a few months ago, but with the other projects I’ve got going on, I hadn’t gotten around to this post yet. Better
Surname Saturday – More Latvian Olympians!
We already celebrated Latvian Olympians in last week’s Surname Saturday post, but I’m dedicating another week to them, since Latvia scored one last medal on the final day of the Olympics! This was a silver medal in men’s 4-man bobsleigh,
Surname Saturday – 2014 Latvian Olympians
Just like in 2012, Surname Saturday here at Discovering Latvian Roots is celebrating Latvia’s Olympians! Now, I’m not sticking only to the medalists. And there’s a reason for that, which most Latvians, and others paying attention to the Latvian Olympic
52 Ancestors #8: Pēteris Celmiņš
Time for Week 8 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor is PÄ“teris Celmiņš. Now, the first question
52 Ancestors #2: Walter (Rudzītis) Roop
Time for Week 2 of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge! As noted in my first post of this challenge, I am starting with my most ancient known ancestors. This week’s ancestor: Walter (RudzÄ«tis) Roop, born c. 1773 and
52 Ancestors #1: Ādams Baburs
I’ve decided to join the challenge posted by Amy of No Story Too Small, the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge of writing a blog post each week about an ancestor. In Amy’s words, “have one blog post each week