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In Loving Memory: A Special 52 Ancestors Post

This is my Week #39 52 Ancestors post, and it is dedicated to a very recent ancestor of mine, my grandmother Aina Margrieta Līcīte, married name France, who passed away yesterday at the age of 95. Aina Margrieta (Līcīte) France

Antra October 30, 2014 family, Krustpils, memorials, migration, Rīga, war 3 Comments

52 Ancestors #38: Karolīne Matilde Baburs

Time for Week 38 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. And I know, I know, I have some catch-up to

Antra October 27, 2014 family, Rīga No Comments

52 Ancestors #28: Doroteja Matilde Plūme

Time for Week 28 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 Doroteja Matilde PlÅ«me, born August 19,

Antra July 13, 2014 family, farms, Limbaži No Comments

52 Ancestors #25: Marija Radziņa

Time for Week 25 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 Marija Radziņā, born November 11, 1856

Antra June 24, 2014 family, farms, Valka, Vijciems 1 Comment

52 Ancestors #23: Ieva (Lapiņa?)

Time for Week 23 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 Ieva Lapiņa (?), born c. 1847

Antra June 9, 2014 family, Krustpils, migration No Comments

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

Antra May 24, 2014 family, farms, Limbaži, surnames 1 Comment

Fearless Females – March 22

This post is for The Accidental Genealogist’s blogging prompts for Women’s History Month. Today’s prompt: If a famous director wanted to make a movie about one of your female ancestors who would it be? What actress would you cast in

Antra March 22, 2013March 21, 2013 family, migration, war No Comments

Remembering June 14, 1941

As with other years, I’m doing a commemorative post for June 14, 1941. This is the day when tens of thousands of Latvians, Estonians and Lithuanians were deported from their homelands by the Soviets to the far reaches of Siberia.

Antra June 14, 2012 memorials 2 Comments

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory Marta EmÄ«lija (LÄ«cÄ«te) Jakstāne June 26, 1911 – November 2, 2010 Marta LÄ«cÄ«te, c. 1946 My great aunt passed away last night. She was 99 years old. She was born on June 13 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1911,

Antra November 3, 2010March 12, 2011 family, memorials 6 Comments

“Fearless Females” – March 13

I know this was yesterday’s blogging prompt, but I don’t have much to say in terms of my female ancestors and newsmaking, since it was my male ancestors who were the newsmakers, but I do on moments of strength. Today’s

Antra March 14, 2010 family, migration 1 Comment
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