Swedish Christmas
By June Pelo.Taken from excerpts off the Internet. Christmas is the darkest period of the year in Scandinavia, and the season could be depressing except for…
Traditions and history
Christmas Traditions in Finland
Excerpts from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve (ISBN 951-746-006-6) June Pelo. The Christmas season in Finland begins on the Saturday before Advent, known as Little…
Memories from The War 1941-1944
By Sven Lågland.Karleby, 30 March 1987.English translation by June Pelo. This journal was written between shooting and free moments. We were 20-year-old draftees from Österbotten and…
Finnish Fishermen of Lake Superior
From The Finnish American Reporter, January 1997, by Mike Roinila.June Pelo. It is believed that the earliest European fishermen began to fish on the Ontario side…
Farming in North Dakota – Late 1800s & Early 1990s
By Börje Prest, Karlebynejdan No. 40, 2008.English translation by June Pelo. At the beginning of the 1800’s the American country paid a large sum to the…
Farm Words
Which words have you seen when exploring records of your ancestors? Let’s start with the word ‘farmer’. A farmer could be a: And, if the farmer…
Finland Was a Poor Country
By Mary Losure and Dan Olson June 10, 1997.Submitted by June Pelo. Credits acknowledged at end of article. At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment is building in…
The Land is Logged
Excerpts from “Roots in the Past – Seeds for the Future” and “The Heritage & History of Clover Valley, French River & Surrounding Communities”.By June Pelo.…
Jean Sibelius
Suomen Silta, #3-04 Irmeli Tanttu.Translated by June Pelo. Jean Sibelius spent most of his life in a large villa in rural Tuusala, about 40 km from Helsinki.…
The King’s Road
By June Pelo. Along the King’s Road there exists an uncounted number of old buildings and sights. The important road has turned to an interesting series…
Farm life in Finland
Translated from Swedish by June Pelo 1982 Haymaking was the most grueling task of all summer work on farms. All grass growing on fields had to…
Munsala – The Ostrobothnian Church Village
From “Den Österbottniska Byn” by R. Blomqvist. Translated by June Pelo This article was written by R. Blomqvist during a visit to Munsala in the early 1900’s. At…
