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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...
Vesa Oja
16.3.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
268 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
9.3.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
231 katselukertaa
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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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24.2.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
61 katselukertaa
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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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10.2.20201 min käytetty lukemiseen
216 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
30.12.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
41 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
16.12.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
26 katselukertaa
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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....
Vesa Oja
9.12.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
54 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
2.12.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
39 katselukertaa
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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....
Vesa Oja
18.11.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
24 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
28.10.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
177 katselukertaa
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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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14.10.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
47 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
23.9.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
20 katselukertaa
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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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16.9.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
46 katselukertaa
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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....
Vesa Oja
26.8.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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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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19.8.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
42 katselukertaa
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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....
Vesa Oja
1.7.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
28 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
24.6.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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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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19.6.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
103 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
3.6.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
16 katselukertaa
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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...
Vesa Oja
29.4.20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
16 katselukertaa
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