Lutherans

This was the most popular religion in Latvia during the reference period. It was the main religion in Vidzeme [Livland] and Kurzeme [Kurland] where the majority of Latvians and Germans served this religion.

Lutherans	Some basic information about the Evangelic Lutheran Church in Latvia
Pastors and vaccination	Pastors should promote vaccination against smallpox. A letter of Livland's Civil-gouverneur 1805 to all Pastors of Livland with proposal to develop persuasion campaign for vaccination among the country people.
Jewish recruits	The instruction (1830) to Lutheran Pastors how the conversion of Jewish recruits should be conducted.
Chase of agitators	The order to the Lutheran Pastors (1845) to take part in investigation of agitators who falsely informed people in the countryside about material advantages of the conversion to the Orthodox religion.

The full list of the Lutheran parishes and their Pastors was published in the Rigascher Kalender for 1863. The information from this list is published here in the following 3 files. Some knowledge of German would be desirable for work with these lists.

Consistories	The Page contains information about the staff of the General Consistory and of all 8 Consistories of the Ev.-Luth. Church in the Russia Empire in 1863.
Pastors 1863	The list of all the Pastors of the Russia Empire at 1863. This list is grouped by names in alphabetic orders for reference. If a name is found in this list, the further information is available on the list below.
Parishes 1863	The list of Lutheran parishes and their Pastors of the whole Russia Empire as they existed in 1863.