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Finglish - Finns in North America 2013
Finglish Book and Photo Exhibition completed May 2013 The Finglish-project was finally completed in the spring of 2013, a photo book and...
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- 9. maalisk. 2020
- 1 min
Kip Peltoniemi Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #37 Kip Peltoniemi lives in Minneapolis. His grandparents had a homestead in New York Mills and he spent...
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- 24. helmik. 2020
- 1 min
Armi Nelson Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #35 Armi Nelson´s father Aarne Koskinen was from Raisio, Finland. He came to Duluth, Minnesota, to work as...
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- 10. helmik. 2020
- 1 min
Finnish Pioneer Monument Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #33 The Finns of Minneapolis gathered every summer to celebrate “juhannus”, midsummer, in Theodore Wirth...
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- 30. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Salolampi Finnish Language Village Bemidji 2011
11thFinglish trip August 2011 #27 Tiina Watts teaches Finnish in the Salolampi Finnish Language Village at Concordia College, where...
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- 16. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Raymond Bentley New York Mills 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #25 Raymond Bentley's grandmother's place, the old Tapio Farm, is now the Finn Creek Open Air Museum. His...
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Vesa Oja
- 9. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Annikki Marttila Savo 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #24 Annikki Marttila nee Visuri came to USA in 1975 to interpret her father as he searched for relatives....
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- 2. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Peggy Worthy Savo 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #23 Peggy Worthy lives in the town of Frederick, but runs a bed & breakfast in her grandfather’s house in...
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- 18. marrask. 2019
- 1 min
Howard Carlson Rocklake 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #21 Howard Carlson's grandfather came in 1912 from Kuusamo, Finland to Washington State to work in a mine....
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Vesa Oja
- 28. lokak. 2019
- 1 min
Sontiainen Moose Jaw 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #18 Sontiainen is an amusing, intriguing and tragic story of home-sickness. The unfortunate Tom Sukanen had...
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- 14. lokak. 2019
- 1 min
David Niemi Cave Hill 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #16 David Niemi's grandfather Johan Aukusti Niemi moved from Tampere, Finland to Black Hills, South Dakota,...
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- 23. syysk. 2019
- 1 min
Annette Oppedahl Custer Peak 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #14 Annette Oppedahl née Salmon (Salmu) comes from Custer Peak, near the mining town of Lead. The old...
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- 16. syysk. 2019
- 1 min
John Haivala Gillette 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #13 John Haivala´s grandparents came from Finland in 1904. John´s grandfather served in the Army. His father...
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- 26. elok. 2019
- 1 min
Arthur and Suzanne Koski Morrison 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #10 Suzanne is the descendant of Swedish immigrants, and Arthur Koski comes from Drummond Island, Michigan....
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- 19. elok. 2019
- 1 min
Ronald and Elaine Kaminen Littleton 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #9 Ronald and Elaine Kaminen´s roots are in southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Ron´s grandparents came to...
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Vesa Oja
- 1. heinäk. 2019
- 1 min
FinnFest USA San Diego 2011
11 Finglish trip July 2011 #2 The 28th FinnFest USA was held in Town & Country Conference Center in San Diego, California in 2011....
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- 24. kesäk. 2019
- 1 min
Hannu Mikkonen San Diego 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #1 The House of Pacific Relations operates in Balboa Park in San Diego, with cottages representing its...
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- 19. kesäk. 2019
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Mirjam Kallas née Oinaala Sudbury 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #22 Irja Mirjam Elisabeth Kallas was born in 1919 in Hausjärvi, Finland. Her parents were railwayman Aaron...
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Vesa Oja
- 3. kesäk. 2019
- 1 min
Terri Hult Searchmont 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #20 The small town of Searchmont takes it's name in honor of T. C. Search. He was from Philadelphia and was...
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- 29. huhtik. 2019
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Art Koski Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #15 Art Koski´s grandparents John and Miina Laakso were from Luvia, Finland. They came to Brooklyn, New...
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