The Riga Rabbinate vital records
Метрические книги раввинатов Латвии
and
The first census of the entire Russian Empire, taken June 5, 1895 in Riga
Первая всеобщая перепись населения, положения 5 Июня 1895 г. Рига
                   Except for Deborah Usdin, they all were killed in Riga during WWII

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* Riga. Rabbis, Cantors and Ritual Slaughterers( work in progress)
* Riga. Doctors, feldshers, dentists and pharmacists( work in progress)
* Riga, Watchmakers( work in progress)
* Riga, Melameds and teachers( work in progress)
* Riga, Guild traders( work in progress)
* Riga, Houses of prostitution( work in progress)

The Riga Rabbinate vital records( in bold, the translated records)
last updated: May 3, 2013


List of names. (Inhabitants of Riga from 1854 to 1909.
Work in progress)

 Birth registers
1854- 1855- 1856 - 1857- 1858- 1859- 1860- 1861- 1862- 1863
1864- 1865-1866-1867-1868-1869-1870- 1871- 1872- 1873
1874- 1875- 1876
-1877-1878-1879-1880-1881-1882-1883
1884-1885-1886-1887-1888-1889-1890-1891-1892-1893
1894-1895-1896-1897-1898-1899-1900-1901-1902-1903
1904-1905
From 1854 to 1872: 5348 translated birth records.

Marriage registers
1854/ 1855/ 1856- 1857/ 1858/ 1859- 1860/ 1861/ 1862
1863/ 1864/ 1865- 1866/1867/1868 - 1869/1870/1871- 1872/1873/
1874- 1875/ 1876/ 1877- 1878/1879-1880-1881-1882-1883
1884-1885-1886-1887-1888-1889-1890-1891-1892-1893
1894-1895-1896-1897-1898-1899-1900-1901-1902-1903
1904-1905
From 1854 to 1877: 1217 translated marriage records.

Divorce registers
From 1855 to 1882
From 1883 to 1909
From 1854 to 1909: 698 translated divorce records.
Death registers
1854/ 1855/ 1856- 1857/ 1858/ 1859- 1860/1861 - 1862/1863 -
 1864/ 1865-1866-1867-1868- 1869- 1870- 1871- 1872- 1873
1874- 1875- 1876-1877-1878-1879-1880-1881-1882-1883
1884-1885-1886-1887-1888-1889-1890-1891-1892-1893
1894-1895-1896-1897-1898-1899-1900-1901-1902-1903
1904-1905
From 1854 to 1872: 3375 translated death records.

Lifland records( Riga district) from 1867 to 1895:
Translation
From 1867 to 1895: 405 translated Lifland records.

The first census of the entire Russian Empire. 1897. Riga:
Translation
The 1897 Census: 3355 translated records.( until Part18 included)


 Altogether for Riga on April 22, 2013, 14398 translated records
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