Rökiö Village, Vörå Parish
By Hjalmar Hildén From ’Den Österbottniska Byn’.English translation by June Pelo. When a stranger asks about the church village in Vörå, he probably has been told…
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Swede Finn Junction
Dispatch from Åland 2022
by Kimberly Jacobs Åland Calling, from filmmaker Tiina Mäkinen, was filmed during a conference hosted by The Åland Islands Emigrant Institute in 2022 (read more about…
The Life of Lars Andersson Friis
Excerpts from “Lars Frijs i Karleby” by Hans Ättlingar.Translated by June Pelo. I’m sure there are several readers who are descendants of Lars Friis, and there…
Johan Richard Nyström’s Letters Home
Submitted by June Pelo, 2000.Source: “Encyclopedia Americana”. (Translator: J-E Nygren). Johan Richard Nyström was born in Kallis village, son of Johan Johansson Nygård, who was born…
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…
Hugo Theodor Nilsson Sandkulla—Partial Journal
Written by Hugo Theodor Nilsson Sandkulla.Submitted Hugo’s granddaughter, Kristin Nelson. The time came now, for American fever set into my way of thinking and I wrote…
History of Ostrobothnia
Extracted from an article by Heikki Ylikangas from “Exploring Östrobothnia”.Translated by June Pelo. Historically Ostrobothnia extends from just north of the city of Björneborg deep into…
Ford Automobiles in Finland
By Ole Granholm, Österbottningen newspaper, 8 May 2003.Translated by June Pelo. When Ford started production of his Model T, the three brothers Alexander, Fritjof and Tor…
Bränno and Havrasgränd Villages, Malax Parish
Following are recollections of two settlements in Malax by former residents of long ago. Bränno By M. Edv. Bonns from “Den Österbottniska Byn”.Translated by June Pelo.…
Missing ‘Indberg’ Family Branch is Found
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…
Sandra Sunde—Employed by Rockefeller as Household Servant
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…
Separation and Self-Sufficiency of Scandinavian Women—in the Early 1900s
Excerpted from “Separation and Self-Sufficiency” by Janet Rasmussen.Translated by June Pelo. This is a story of immigrants from Scandinavia. An immigrant from Nås, Sweden to the…
