Latvian State Historical Archives

Jewish Holdings

This is a complete listing of the Jewish records held in the Latvian State Archives. The first column is the name of the town(shtetl),the second is the District and the third the Province(Gubernia) The name that comes first is the old name and the lowest name is the modern Latvian name.It will be apparent when looking at the years listed that certain years are missing and some records such as the 1st All-Russian census are only  held.in part. This will give you some idea of the difficulties the Archivists encounter when doing your research. Once you have looked closely at the lists you may be able to suggest to the Archivists the listings that may hold details of your family.
Address all your queries to
Mrs Irina Veinberga
Latvian State Historical Archives
Slokas iela 16
   LV-1007
Riga Latvia

 Please note that when searching for a shtetl  you need the old name and not the modern Latvian name. If you click on a letter it will take you to the shtetl name listed at the top in each block. The Archives keep their Alphabetical lists by the old name and I have kept that order. I am preparing a further page where you will be able to search by District. Many researchers do not realise that if they were told by their ancestors that they came from Dvinsk for example that they might not have come from Dvinsk the shtetl but from another shtetl in the District of Dvinsk. If you encounter any difficulties with your search or with the page please E-mail me at arl@dircon.co.uk

Courland

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Livland

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Vitebsk

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

List of Files containing Information on Jews in Latvia and South Estonia
Place	District	Province	Records	Years
Bausk  Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Birth records	1854-1860, 1862-1889, 1891-1897, 1900-1905
Bausk  Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Marriage records	1854-1861, 1863-1876, 1878-1879, 1890-1905
Bausk  Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Death records	1854-1905
Bausk Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Divorce records	1854-1857, 1859,1870- 1890,1894- 1895,1897- 1898,1900-1902
Bausk  Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Family lists	1874,1912
Bausk  Bauska	Bausk Bauska	Courland	The lists of merchants	1879, 1893,1895 1897-1917
Frauenburg Saldus	Goldingen  Kuldiga	Courland	Birth records	1876,1879, 1891,1892, 1901
Frauenburg  Saldus	Goldingen  Kuldiga	Courland	Marriage records	1884,1892, 1894
Frauenburg  Saldus	Goldingen Kuldlga	Courland	Death records	1875,1877- 1879,1891- 1892
Frauenburg  Saldus	Goldingen Kuldiga	Courland	Divorce records	1877,1885, 1902
Frauenburg  Saldus	Goldingen  Kuldiga	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1893
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Birth records	1838,1841
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Marriage records	1838,1841
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Death records	1838
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Divorce records	1838,1844
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Census(family lists)	1858,1890
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	Recruits enlistment registers	1842,1845
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	All-Russian census	1897(partly)
Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	The lists of Merchants	1900-1904, 1906-1917
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Recruits enlistment Registers	1835,1842, 1871
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	The lists of 1st and 2nd guild merchants	1857,1868, 1892, 1897, 1899-1916
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Birth records	1854,1856
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Marriage records	1854,1856
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Death records	1854,1856
Goldingen Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Divorce records	1854,1856
Goldingen  Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	1st All-Russian census (partly)	1897
Goldingen  Kuldiga	Goldingen	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1893
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt  Ilukste	Courland	Birth records	1857-1862, 1864,1867, 1869,1871, 1872,1874, 1879,1882- 1884,1888- 1894,1903, 1904,1906- 1911,1913
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt  Ilukste	Courland	Marriage records	1861,1864, 1865,1878, 1880,1884, 1885,1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1901, 1903,1905
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Death records	1869,1890, 1900,1911
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt  Ilukste	Courland	Family lists	1878
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1889,1913 1914
Griwa  Griva	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	The lists of Merchants	1900-1907, 1909-1917
Grobin Grobiria	Grobin Grobiria	Courland	Lists of 2nd guild merchants	1869,1874, 1892,1900 - 1910, 1912-1915
Grobin Grobiria	Grobin Grobiria	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1888
Grobin Grobiria	Grobin Grobiria	Courland	Recruits enlistment registers	1871
Grobin Grobiria	Grobin Grobiria	Courland	Census	1847-1904, 1858
Hasenpoth  Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Birth records	1854-1858,1860-1862,1864-1905,1914,1915,1921
Hasenpoth  Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Marriage records	1854-1858, 1861-1905
Hasenpoth  Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Death records	1854-1862, 1864-1905
Hasenpoth Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Divorce records	1854, 1856-1858, 1861-1875, 1877-1882, 1886-1894,1896
Hasenpoth  Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Merchants lists	1861, 1889-1917
Hasenpoth Aizpute	Hasenpoth	Courland	Recruits enlistment registers	1841,1868, 1871
Hasenpoth Aizpute	Hasenpoth Aizpute	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1888
Illuxt Ilukste	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Death records	1869
Illuxt Ilukste	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Birth records	1857-1862, 1864,1867, 1869,1871, 1872,1874
Illuxt  Ilukste	Illuxt  Ilukste	Courland	Marriage records	1861,1864- 1865,1878, 1880,1884- 1885,1887, 1889
Illuxt  Ilukste	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Divorce records	1879,1890, 1895
Illuxt Ilukste	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1889,1913 1914
Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Courland	Birth records	1857,1859, 1867,1877- 1897,1899- 1905,
Jacobstadt  Jekabpils	Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Courland	Marriage records	1876-1882, 1884-1905
Jacobstad Jekabpils	Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Courland	Death records	1870,1876- 1878,1880- 1895,1897- 1898,1900- 1903,1905
Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Courland	Family lists	1890
Jakobstadt Jekabpils	Jacobstadt Jekabpils	Courland	Recruits enlistment Register	1871
Jakobstadt Jekabpils	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	1st All-Russian census (partly)	1897
Jakobstadt Jekabpils	Friedrichstadt Jaunjelgava	Courland	The lists of merchants	1895, 1900-1904, 1906-1916
Kandau Kandava	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews, originated not from Courland	1889
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Birth records	1836-1854, 1857-1905, 1915
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin Grobina	Courland	Marriage records	1841-1881, 1884-1905
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Death records	1854-1905
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Divorce records	1877-1880, 1884, 1887-1905
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	8th census	1834
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Recruits rnlistment	1868
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	1st All-Russian census	1897
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Passports registers	1920-1940
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1886,1889,1893, 1896, 1921
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated from Courland	1893,1896
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	Census	1935,1941
Libau  Liepaja	Grobin  Grobina	Courland	The lists of merchants	1895, 1901-1904, 1906-1918
Mitau Jelgava	Mitau Jelgava	Courland	Birth records	1854-1855, 1857-1858, 1862,1864-1883, 1886- 1889,1892, 1895,1900, 1902,1903, 1904 (partly) 1919-1921
Mitau Jelgava	Mitau Jelgava	Courland	Marriage records	1854,1856-1868, 1872-1873, 1875, 1884, 1886-1887, 1889-1893,1895-1897,1919-1921
Mitau Jelgava	Mitau Jelgava	Courland	Death records	1855-1871, 1873-1875, 1878-1883, 1885,1887, 1890-1892, 1895-1897, 1919-1921
Mitau Jelgava	Mitau Jelgava	Courland	Census	1834,1858, 1897, 1935
Mitau Jelgava	Mitau Jelgava	Courland	Recruits enlistment register	1845
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Census	1804-1901, 1854,1878,
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Birth records	1854,1878,1879,1887 1889
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	death records	1878,1879, 1887-1889
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Marriage records	1878,1879, 1884,1887-1889
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Divorce records	1854
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Recruits enlistment registers	1842, 1848, 1851,1854, 1871
Pilten Piltene	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	The lists of Merchants	1892, 1897, 1900-1907, 1910-1915
Polangen Palanga	Grobin Grobina	Courland	The lists of Merchants	1895, 1900-1917
Sasmacken Valdemarpils	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Birth records	1860-1886, 1888-1893, 1895-1905, 1860-1879
Sasmacken Valdemarpils	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Marriage records	1860-1879,1881-1885,1889-1893,1895-1899,1903-1905
Sasmacken Valdemarpils	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Death records	1861-1890, 1892,1896- 1897,1899-1900,1902, 1905
Sasmacken Valdemarpils	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Divorce records	1860-1865, 1867,1869- 1873,1875- 1876,1887, 1888
Sasmacken Valdemarpils	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews, originated not from Courland	1889
Schoenberg Skaistkalne	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Death records	1854-1877, 1879-1901, 1903-1905
Schoenberg Skaistkalne	Bausk  Bauska	Courland	Divorce records	1854,1881, 1884,1889
Schonberg Skaistkalne	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Birth records	1854-1880, 1882-1889, 1891-1897, 1899-1905
Schonberg Skaistkalne	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Marriage records	1860-1861, 1865-1867, 1869,1871- 1896,1899- 1905
Schonberg Skaistkalne	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Death records	1854-1877, 1879-1901, 1903-1905
Schonberg Skaistkalne	Bausk Bauska	Courland	Divorce records	1854,1881, 1884,1889
Subbat  Subate	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Birth records	1857-1862, 1864,1867, 1869,1871, 1872,1874
Subbat  Subate	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Marriage records	1861,1864- 1865,1878, 1880,1884- 1885,1887, 1889
Subbat  Subate	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Death records	1869
Subbat  Subate	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Divorce records	1879,1890, 1895
Subbat  Subate	Illuxt Ilukste	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews originated not from Courland	1889,1913 1914
Talsen  Talsi	Talsen  Talsi	Courland	Inhabitants lists of Jews, originated not from Courland	1889
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Census	1834, 1897,
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Birth records	1853-1855, 1866-1870, 1876-1878, 1881-1884, 1886-1888, 1891-1899
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Marriage records	1853,1865- 1870,1876- 1877,1880- 1888,1891- 1898
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Death records	1853-1854, 1865-1870, 1874,1876- 11877,1880- 1888,1890- 1898,1901
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Divorce records	1865-1867, 1869-1870, 1876-1877, 1881-1886, 1888,1891, 1893
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Family lists	1874
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Inhabitants lists	1939
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland	Recruits enlistment registers	1841,1868, 1871
Tuckum  Tukums	Tuckum  Tukums	Courland