Latvian Genealogy Blog

This week I researched a family that emigrated to Canada in 1899. Having left when Latvia was still part of the Russian Empire, family members visited Latvia during its period of independence in the 1920s. What information can be found in immigration files? Creadted by DALL-E Why Emigration Records Are Hard to Find in Latvia Finding information about emigration in Latvian archives can be challenging. Our archives don't hold ship passenger lists. While some emigration document

Passports are among the most coveted documents for family historians because they contain photographs. Where and how to search for...