Re: Latvian Jewish Historical Roots Brenda, If you have information of your family living in Courland/Latvia after 1860 The Latvian archivest will be able to help you. Although my Maternal family was registered in Raseiniai, Lithuania, family insisted they came from Sassmacken, Courland. I sent a letter detailing all the information I had gathered about family and though it took more than a year for results, I received documents detailing my ggf [b. 1813] from his arrival in 1830 until his death in 1888 plus all his children, marriages and birth of his grandchildren. You should be able to find address and details on the Latvian Sig. Good luck Annette Young