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Do you want to browse surnames by parish? You've come to the right place!
 
Do you want to browse surnames by parish? You've come to the right place!
  
If you know the right province for the parish you're looking for, click on "Parishes by province and district". If not, click on "Parishes listed alphabetically".
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If you know the right province for the parish you're looking for, click on "Parishes by province and county". If not, click on "Parishes listed alphabetically".
  
 
'''Note:''' All province and parish designations are based on the '''interwar period''' designations. This is because most Latvians who emigrated from Latvia did so during the Second World War, so if they were reporting their home parishes, this is the system they would have been familiar with.
 
'''Note:''' All province and parish designations are based on the '''interwar period''' designations. This is because most Latvians who emigrated from Latvia did so during the Second World War, so if they were reporting their home parishes, this is the system they would have been familiar with.

Revision as of 12:37, 11 July 2012

Do you want to browse surnames by parish? You've come to the right place!

If you know the right province for the parish you're looking for, click on "Parishes by province and county". If not, click on "Parishes listed alphabetically".

Note: All province and parish designations are based on the interwar period designations. This is because most Latvians who emigrated from Latvia did so during the Second World War, so if they were reporting their home parishes, this is the system they would have been familiar with.

Kurzeme = western Latvia

Latgale = eastern Latvia

Vidzeme = northern Latvia

Zemgale = southern Latvia

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.