Baltic Lives:
An Exploration of Latvian History
Come on a unique journey through Latvian history. Walk the streets of Riga and witness the rise of urban industry. Experience the glory of Empire and witness sail turn to steam. Feel the devastation of war and the thrill of freedom. The journey is just beginning…
Lavize Rozentals c. late 1870s (photo in private family collection)
Lavīze Rozenbergs/Rozentals was the only sibling of Kristaps Rozentals/Rozenvalds,...
Anna Rozentals/Rozenvalds Bermanis c. 1926 (photo held in the Latvian Historical Archives – Riga)
Anna Zelma was the youngest daughter of Kristap Rozenvalds...
Willi Droune, 1948. (photo in private family collection)
Willi was the second husband of Olga Rozentals/Rozenvalds. He was a Baltic German from the town...
Anna Rozenvalds c. 1907 (photo in private family collection)
Anna Rozenvalds (or Rozenbergs) is my husband’s great-great-great grandmother. She...
Talsi church (c. 1920s), where Jekob and Magreete were married in 1875. (photo held by the Latvian National Library)
Jekob Zekants and Magreete Latīnis are...
1837 document about ‘Indrika Seekanta’, the first known example of the Zekants name (photo from Periodika)
Indriks Zekants (or Seekant as...
This is most likely a photo of Angrieta c. 1929 (photo in private family collection)
Angrieta Latīnis was born in 1863 to Indriks Latīnis and Dore Abolins....
St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in Jelgava where Lizette was married in 1903 (Wikipedia Commons)
Lizette was the eldest child of Jekob Zekants and Magreete...
Kristaps and Anna probably during the first decade of the 20th century (photo in private family collection)
Kristaps and Anna are my husband’s...
Teodors Zekants c. 1934 in his prison warden uniform (photo in private family collection)
Teodors Zekants was the 4th child and third son of Jekob Zekants...