How to Interview Relatives about Family History?
Summer is a great time for traveling and visiting relatives. Instead of sitting at the computer or in the reading room of an archive,...
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Apr 273 min read
Parishes, Manors, and Church Congregations
Is a church congregation the same as a parish? Are a manor and a parish one and the same? How should one understand the administrative...
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Apr 132 min read
Address Books
What could be simpler than finding people in address books? But which address books and from which periods are available to us? And which...
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Feb 103 min read
7 Books for Latvian Genealogists
These are the books I most frequently use when doing a genealogical research. Some are available online, but most can be found in...
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Jan 202 min read
Criminal Cases
In my previous post, I briefly mentioned criminal cases. This time I want to write more about them. What are criminal cases and where to...
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Dec 23, 20234 min read
Three Stories about Christmas
I have always been more interested in how my ancestors lived or what they were like than the number of them I can add to my family tree....
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Oct 28, 20233 min read
Exploring Vitebsk Governorate
Last time I wrote about the Kurzeme and Vidzeme address books, but what about Latgale? Latgale was part of the Vitebsk Governorate, had a...
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Oct 21, 20233 min read
What was the estate of my ancestors like? Look for information in address books!
Did my ancestors have an estate? No, of course not. But life in the countryside in the 19th century was closely linked to the estate....
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