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Swede Finn Junction

Living on the Island

This story includes many of the details written in Finn Town and Swede Finns in Mason County, MI. By Leonore P. Williams; The Ludington Daily News,…

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.…

White Cloud’s Swedetown

By Velma F. Matson.  January 28, 1986June Pelo See note from June Pelo about Velm F. Matson’s Swedish Finn connections at the end of this story.…

Swedish Medical Dictionary

By June Pelo From time to time someone will ask me to translate the Swedish words pertaining to illness and death that they find in records…

Finnish Genealogical Terms

By June Pelo. FINNISH ENGLISH äidintäti grandaunt äidinsetä granduncle äiti mother aviomies husband avioton illegitimate esi-isä ancestor esikoinen firstborn haudattu buried iäkäs aged, old ikä, ikäinen…

Swedish Genealogical Terms

By June Pelo SWEDISH ENGLISH ålder age äldst, älst eldest anhöring relative änka widow änkeman widower änkling widower antavla pedigree år year arf inheritance, patrimony avlidne…

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.…