Finland
From the book ‘FINLAND’ by Tamiko Bjener, 1988 June Pelo Official name: Republic of Finland, Suomi (soo-WAH-mee) History Early History – the Sami and the Finns The earliest Finns settled… Read More
From the book ‘FINLAND’ by Tamiko Bjener, 1988 June Pelo Official name: Republic of Finland, Suomi (soo-WAH-mee) History Early History – the Sami and the Finns The earliest Finns settled… Read More
From Österbottningen, 17 Oct 1959. Sent by Birger Lindqvist of Gamlakarleby.Translated by June Pelo.Nedervetil parish courtesy of the Genealogy Society of Finland Thirty-four-year old Fritiof Gustafsson of Pelo in Nedervetil drove at… Read More
Part One From Pelo Family by Hugo Lagstrom, 1931.Translated by June Pelo. The village of Pelo is situated on Nedervetil hill in the parish of Nedervetil. The main road travels… Read More
Helsingin suurpommitukset helmikuussa 1944 Sent by Fredrik Forsberg to June Pelo. Finland, which against its will had become involved in the first war, and then a second war against its… Read More
Written by Marlene Sjöblom, published in “Gammalt och Nytt”, Föglö, March 1996. Translated from Swedish by Hjördis Sundblom. Submitted by June Pelo. Image courtesy of the Genealogical Society of Finland… Read More
June Pelo reposted various works she found on the internet. Specifics not cited. The Swedish Finn Anders Chydenius was one of the most notable politicians of 18th century Finland. He… Read More
By Rainer Långstedt, Spencer, NY.Norden, 13 Aug. 2009. Translated by June Pelo. Albert Båsk, as of 2009, lived in Van Etten, New York. He said his life had always been diverse.… Read More
By June Pelo My grandfather, Alexander Larsson Warg/Wargstrom, was born to Swedish-speaking parents, Lars Mattsson Warg and Brita Magdalena Eriksdotter Kallis in Karleby parish, part of the Swedish-speaking western coast… Read More
From The Leading Star, November 2000. June Pelo. Finland’s first bishop was an Englishman named Saint Henry. It is mistakenly claimed that he baptized Finnish pagans into Christianity. However, the story… Read More
Excerpts from an article by Jorma Kalliokoski in“A New Journey For North American Finns”, July 1999.June Pelo. One wonders what the first farm house looked like far back in time.… Read More