In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Name:
Tombstone Tuesday – JÄ“kabs Dravnieks, 1869-1926
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Photo taken by me, April 2012. Click to enlarge. Top
Tombstone Tuesday – Refugees from Kurzeme
This week’s Tombstone Tuesday is a bit different – this tombstone in Meža kapi (“Forest Cemetery”) in RÄ«ga commemorates thousands of people – in this case, the roughly 3560 World War One refugees from Kurzeme (at the time, western and
Tombstone Tuesday – Ivars Steimars, 1938-1943
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Top Inscription: “Å e dus Dieva mierÄ mÅ«su mīļais dÄ“liņš” (Here
Tombstone Tuesday – VoldemÄrs BÄ“rziņš, 1914-1925
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Top Inscription: “Å e dus” (Here rests) Name: VoldemÄrs BÄ“rziņš, born
Tombstone Tuesday – Lilija Margareta BÄ“rziņa, 1917-1919
In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned. Inscription: “Å e dus izdzisusi zvaigznÄ«te” (Here sleeps an extinguished star
Wordless Wednesday – Latvian Composers and Song Festival
(click image to enlarge) Monument to Latvian composers at ViesturdÄrzs (“Viesturs Park”) in northern RÄ«ga, also the oldest park in the city (1711). It was the site of the first Latvian Song Festival, at the end of June, 1873. The
Tombstone Tuesday – Strazdiņš Family
In this series, I am sharing photographs that I took of graves while I was in Latvia. All have death dates prior to 1945, and I have no further information on the people mentioned. Names: MÄrtiņš Strazdiņš, born September 9,
Tombstone Tuesday – Putniņš Family
In the coming weeks, Tombstone Tuesday will be featuring Latvian tombstones that I photographed while in Latvia. I only photographed tombstones with death dates prior to 1945, to maintain privacy. I have no further information on these people besides what
Wordless Wednesday – Statue of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
(click image to enlarge) Statue of Field Marshall Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a descendant of Scottish clan Barclay whose family had settled in the Russian Empire. His grandfather Peter was the mayor of RÄ«ga for a time. As