Last time I wrote about the Kurzeme and Vidzeme address books, but what about Latgale? Latgale was part of the Vitebsk Governorate, had a different administration, laws and did not use the German language. There is no analogue edition for Vitebsk for the Kurzeme and Vidzeme address books of 1892. However, a list of settlements in Vitebsk province (Список населенных мест Витебской губернии) will be useful for researching family records. Latgale was part of the Vitebsk Governo

If your ancestors were from Latgale Region, they were probably Roman Catholic. Earlier Catholic church books were written in Polish, but...