Smaller Databases
By: Paul Cheifitz
JewishGen Research Coordinator for Latvia
Smaller Databases
This page is an index to the databases collected by the
Latvia SIG, and contains descriptions of each database. The data is displayed on
separate pages, in some cases as a formatted file, suitable for web browsing
only , and in all cases, as a plain ascii text file. Each file can be searched
with your browser's 'find' command, and text files may be saved to your hard
drive if you would like to do so. You will also find links to databases at other
sites relevant to Latvian Jewish genealogy.
Holdings
of the Latvian State Historical Archives
Latvian Subscription List Database
State Department Records
Kurlander Young Men's Mutual Aid Society Records
JewishGen
HaMelitz Index
Latvia Subscription List
Database
prepared by Harold Rhode
(originally distributed on diskette with the Latvia SIG Newsletter, volume
1, number 3)
copyright 1996, by Harold Rhode and the Latvia SIG
Permission is given to use and copy these materials freely for non commercial
genealogical pursuits.
These names were extracted from subscription lists, which
appeared either in the front or back of books published during the 19th and
early 20th centuries. The individuals and institutions on these lists
contributed to authors who needed money to publish their books, and in return
the authors listed the contributors in these books. The people on these lists
all lived in what is present-day Latvia. There are also names inclded from the
index of the book, Di geshikhte fun di Idn in Letland fun yor 1561-1923 [History
of the Jews in Latvia], published in 1928 in Riga, Latvia. There is also a list
of contributors to agricultural communities in present-day Israel and
Syria.
Go to Latvian Subscription List
Database
State Department Records
RG 84 Riga Consulate 1924
Compiled by Mike Getz
(originally published in Latvia SIG, volume 1, number 3) Copyright
1996, by the Latvia SIG
Record Group 84 (RG 84) consists of records of Diplomatic and Consular offices
of the U.S. Department of State, presently located in the National Archives
II facility in College Park, MD.
The method, filing and other systems used, vary with the
time period and the offices concerned. Their regional jurisdiction also depended
on the diplomatic status of relations with the United States. Thus in 1924, Riga
processed correspondence and traffic involving Soviet Russia, with whom there
were no diplomatic relations. This explains the presence of numerous cases
dealing with residents or family in the Soviet Union as well as Latvia and
elsewhere in the published extract.
Correspondence during this period was filed under
category numbers ranging from 100 to 800. Specialized sub-sectors, the 300, 600
and 800 series, dealt with matters involving U.S. citizens, their families and
interests. Category 310 was concerned with whereabouts of family members,
contacting them and passing on financial aid, as well as assisting departures
and monitoring deportations from the United States. The extract reflects these
activities.
See 1924 Riga Consular Records
Kurlander Young
Men's Mutual Aid Society
(Originally published in Latvia SIG, Volume 1, Number
4, December 1996) Compiled by Mike Getz
We are indebted to Latvia SIG member Naomi Freistadt for the Kurlander Young
Men's Mutual Aid Society (KYMMAS) records, a summary of which follows. Recorded
are the names, dates of birth, towns of origin and names of spouses, where available,
of members born in Latvia. The records include a large number born in the USA
and elsewhere, which have not been included. The period covered stretches from
the 1870s to the 1920s and later.
As the example of these records illustrate, further
details, including names of children, vocations and professions also appear.
Occasionally, siblings and others are mentioned as heirs where there is no other
family. Deadlines and space precluded including these. We will be happy to
provide copies to those interested.
Please e-mail Mike Getz at mikegetz005@comcast.net, for information on obtaining
specific records. Note also that these records also
form part of the all Latvia Database.
Spelling used in these records has been adhered to with
some attempt to standardize. SIG members will be able to identify the names of
towns, and where necessary, relate them to those current. A few names are new to
us and may be variations we are unfamiliar with.
Sample KYMMAS Record
Go to KYMMAS Records
Go to KYMMAS data (text
file)
JewishGen HaMelitz Database
An index , by Jeffrey Maynard, to lists of names and
announcements printed in the Hebrew newspaper HaMelitz during the years 1893 to
1903.
The list consists of Lithuanian and Latvian Jewish donors.
Go to JewishGen
HaMelitz Index
Last Update: 02/20/2019 Avraham Groll
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