This project seeks to unite Jewish families with ties to Bauska, Latvia, also known as Bausk, Bauske, Boisk, Boysk, Бауск / Бауска, and בויסק.Please consider joining the project if you have ancestors from, or an interest in the Jewish community of Bauska, and add profiles of those who were born, who married, who lived, who worked, who celebrated simchas (happy occasions), who died, and/or who w...
The Baltic-German family, descended from Johannes Gamper who in the 16th century emigrated from Leipzig to Goldingen (Kuldīga, Latvia) in Courland. Until about 1770 the largest concentration of members of this family could be found in Goldingen and the surrounding towns, with some members of the family also appearing in Riga and from around 1710 in Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia). After this the famil...
“ [..] latviešu kolonista rokai nebija neviens koks par resnu, neviena sieksta par smagu, neviens celms par lielu un nekāds dzīves veids par grūtu, lai tiktu pie savas zemes.” (“Baznīcas Vēstnesis”, 1900.) Pirmais lielākais latviešu izceļotāju pulks Krievijā apmetās 19. gs. 60. gados. 1862. gada izveidojās Vecrīgas kolonija. Koloniju dibināšanā aktīvi piedalījās Kr. Valdemārs. Izstādē eksponēt...