Klockars Farm and Family in Malax
Written by John Forsberg, March 1994. Translated by June Pelo. According to expert interpretation of the indistinct text in the Malax communion book of 1667, Jåpa(r)s farm (Jåp=Jakob), is what… Read More
Written by John Forsberg, March 1994. Translated by June Pelo. According to expert interpretation of the indistinct text in the Malax communion book of 1667, Jåpa(r)s farm (Jåp=Jakob), is what… Read More
Written by Hugo Theodor Nilsson Sandkulla. Submitted to June Pelo by Hugo’s granddaughter, Kristin Nelson. The time came now, for American fever set into my way of thinking and I… Read More
Extracted from an article by Heikki Ylikangas from “Exploring Östrobothnia”. Translated by June Pelo. Historically Östrobothnia extends from just north of the city of Pori deep into the far north… Read More
Pia Norrgård, Österbottningen, Norden 2 Sep 2004. Translated by June Pelo. For over 60 years Kia Schley’s father Karl-Erik Inberg searched for relatives in the United States. When he died Jorma… Read More
By Ole Granholm, Österbottningen 31 July 1965. English translation by June Pelo. Oil king John D. Rockefeller employed over 20 servants in his home in the country and among those… Read More
From “Den Österbottniska Byn” by Joel Granvik. Translated to English by June Pelo. The village of Kortjärvi is shaped like a triangle, with the base facing northwest toward the church… Read More
NORDEN, 14 Sep 2000. Translated by June Pelo. A village with an odd name of Velkmoss in old Pörtom has witnessed two important news events in Finland in one week.… Read More
By Vald. Nyblom in “Den Österbottniska Byn”. Translated by June Pelo. These are some remembrances from the years before the turn of this century about life in Kantlax, a little… Read More
From: Storby Min Hemby. See “Journal about Erik Eriksson Lågland in Storby village in Karleby parish“, written by son. Johan Eriksson Lågland in 1909. Translated by June Pelo. Erik Eriksson… Read More
The following was written by Martha Johanna Nyström about her father Anders Viktor. From “Släktgrenen Haavisto-Tast” by Nils Backman.English translation by June Pelo. Anders Viktor Nyström (Tast), was born 22… Read More