My Ancestry

One of the projects I'm involved in while in Latvia is to further the research on my ancestors.  Back in 1940, a family tree was done on my paternal grandmother Bone family, dating back to 1707.  It was quite a find in the family stuff after my parents died.  So I'm learning how to navigate the archives here in Riga and have discovered some relatives.  The most challenging part is going through the scanned church records without knowing which church to look in.  I am using the services of Antra, a Latvian-Canadian who has been living here for the last two years. She has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field of geneology.  I just discovered that the last place my father lived is on the corner where I'm staying in Riga and my mother lived within a half mile from here.  They could have crossed paths before they even met years later in the DP camp.