Latvian Genealogy Blog

My grandfather's drawings captured impressions from the long journey home in 1945-1946. The title syas: Light! Reading through my family history, I discovered a sad coincidence - in two generations, my ancestors married during wartime, and instead of a honeymoon, they were forced to become refugees for months and even years. World War I Refugee Journey (1914-1921) My great-grandparents, originally from Kurzeme, married on August 23, 1914 - just after World War I had begun. Th