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…
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Swede Finn Junction
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…
Fishing Families on Isle Royale, Minnesota
Excerpts from “Once Upon An Isle” by Howard Sivertson. June Pelo. From the mid-1800’s until 1955, Scandinavian immigrants settled on Isle Royale, an island 52 miles…
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…
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,…
Finn Town – Ludington, Michigan
This story includes many of the same details as are in the stories, Swede-Finns in Mason County, Michigan and Living on the Island. From Ludington Daily…
Swede-Finns in Mason County, Michigan
This story includes many of the details recorded in the book titled, ‘Finn Town and Living on the Island’ by Evert Johnson, January 1980.(Evert Johnson’s parents…
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…
