Re: Josts & Strautins Family History/Search

JOSTS, STRAUTINS, and ROZENTALS can be found on the Latvian Web. I did not check what information there was. You can also search these surnames through http://familysearch.orghttp://familysearch.org, http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/, http://www.alltheweb.com/http://www.alltheweb.com/. On the last two sites, don't forget to input "Latvian genealogy" for links to other sites. The city of Valmiera is online, http://www.valmiera.lv/http://www.valmiera.lv/. But I don't know how much "people" information it has.

If you have the time, information, and money, you can request the Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs, http://www.arhivi.lv/http://www.arhivi.lv/, to do a search for you. Please consult site http://www.JewishGen.orghttp://www.JewishGen.org, for more information. They and their members deal with the archives regularly.