ROOTS = SAKNES

You have come to the right place, if you are researching your ancestors who once lived in the area that is now Latvia. This site is devoted to Family History and Genealogy in the region of Latvia for the period of 1800 to 1950.

This site is under constant development. At the moment it consists of more than 550 pages grouped in 5 volumes and 30 chapters

Uzmanību! Lūdzu palīdziet sameklēt radus Latvijā. Uzklikšķiniet šeit, lai pieslēgtos informācijai (latviski) par cilvēkiem, kurus meklē.

Contents:

1 Vol. General information: Help, Preface, Research, Territory, Country, Names, History
2 Vol. Diverse worlds a human lived in: Ethnicity, Religion, Estate, Occupation
3 Vol. The thread of life: Birth, Education, Marriage, Death
4 Vol. Information resources: Families, Sources, Documents, Album, Pebbles, Statistics, Lists, References
5 Vol. Site matters: Map, News, Maillist, Expo, Search

Details:

1 Vol. General information

Help	Please read the disclaimers and information needed to use this Site. Fonts, Acronyms, Conventions.
Preface	The history of this Site, its purpose, main principles followed and the contents are discussed here. Please, read the Preface! The leading Principles of the Site are discussed in a separate and very important page.
Research	How to begin your family history research. What to start with and what to take into account.
Territory	The territorial history of Latvia. How Latvia came into being from parts of the Russia Empire. Other administrative changes. Places and their names.
Country	The country they left. Life in the region of Latvia in various time periods. Traveler reports. Memoirs.
Names	Names and words. The naming processes. Names and their changes. Languages.
History	Facts. Bureaucracy, legislation, money, calendars, health, transportation etc.

2 Vol. The worlds our ancestors lived in

Estate	About estates (social groups) and estate communities. A short overview of the estate system of the Russia Empire and some additional information about this system.
Ethnicity	Ethnicities in Latvia, migration, everyday life and the people Family history related information organized by ethnicities for the period from 1800 to 1950.
Religion	Believers and their religions. The information organized by the religions practiced in the region of Latvia. Conversions.
Occupation	What they did for a living? The information organized by occupations.

3 Vol. The thread of life

Birth	Where the babies came from? Information about births including illegitimate ones. Statistics. Documents.
Education	General and professional education. Information about schools, pupils, school-leavers.
Marriage	Love, romance and marriage. Premarital relations. Marriage and family life. Divorce. Relevant legislation.
Death	Deaths. Morbidity and mortality.

4 Vol. Information resources

Families	Information about real families. Fragments of family histories which I have come across and can describe.
Sources	Official and published sources. Internet and Archives, etc.
Documents	Your papers, please! The real documents I have gathered to show what type our ancestors had and to relieve the facts of various family histories.
Album	The largest family album in the world. The photographs of persons and groups.
Pebbles	Pebbles to turn over. Less-common resources for genealogy and family history research - Holy Bibles, Photographs, Postcards, Letters, Memories etc. of real people are described here.
Statistics	Statistical data In various chapters of the Site the statistical data for previous years can be found. In this chapter the links to all Pages with statistical information are gathered.
Lists	Lists of persons. The links are compiled to the Pages of the Site that mainly present lists with person names.
References	References. Books and articles referenced to in the texts of the Site

5 Vol. Site information

Map	Site map. The list of all available Pages.
News	What news in the Site? At this moment the Site is new and no changes have been made.
Maillist	*The maillist Roots.* Information about the maillist, its purpose, how to subscribe etc. How to contact the author of the Site.
Expo	Exposition. The information materials received by the maillist ROOTS and presented to its participants and other visitors for investigations.
Meklējumi	Informācija latviski par personām un ģimenēm, kuras tiek meklētas. Information in Latvian about the people that somebody is searching for.
Researchers	The Page informs about some researchers who have deep interest in the genealogy and family history investigations in the region that now is Latvia.
Search	The search facility of the Site. The LATNET searcher is adjusted for search in the Site ROOTS=SAKNES only.

Acknowledgments
Many people have helped with these pages. Here are some of them (in alphabetic order):

William Apsit, Edvin Arnowitz, Edgars Baltin, Konstantins Beloglazovs, Zinaida Bendrupe, Voldemārs Bondars, Agris Dzilna, Anita Ermuša, Ēriks Ģipslis, Maiga Jankevica (Muriņa), Pēteris Justs, Jānis Ķikuts, Arno Liepiņš, Imants Mētra, Eleonora Martuzāne, Katrīna Sataki (Martuzāne), Melānija Martuzāne (Mednis), Dzidra Paeglīte, Michael Pirang, Bonnie Kranenburg (Price), Andrejs Skuja, Andrejs Spektors, Kersten Stubendorff, Rita Svece (Martuzāne), Zaiga Šulte (Puķīte), Ints Tumilovičs, Ilze Zeize, Līga Zvīdriņa (Bērtulsone)