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Exhibition: "1820-1920 - A Century of Swedish-Finns in California"
Syrene Forsman has collected material to this exhibition which will be shown in Åbo, Finland during the festival "Finland in our hearts", July 1st–4th, 2011. Additionally an exhibition based upon the same material will be presented at the San Diego FinnFest in August, 2011. The lowres images of the entire exhibition can be seen here but this requires login, ie. the exhibition is open to registered users only. [Otherwise the link will only give an errormessage/-screen]...
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Guide to genealogy
Did your grandfather come from Finland? Are you looking for your relatives in Finland, connecting with your roots? - Did your grandfather's brother emigrate from Finland to US, Canada or some other country? Have you lost contact with your relatives "over there"? The "Guide" section hopefully will give you some ideas how you may trace your relatives and at the same time get an interesting hobby - genealogy. At the moment there is a subsection for Finnish Genealogy and US Genealogy. With time we...
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Finding Finns who settled in Norway
by "Snoberg"
Many Northern Finns traveled West, and settled in Northern Norway. Norsk-Finns are sometimes referred to as Kvaen (Kvæn). In order to make life easier; when pressured by the government to become “Norwegianized”, they gave in. Many Finns, and Sami lost their original identities, and were from then on recorded as being ‘Norwegian’.
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SFHS on the web
SFHS, The Swedish-Finn Historical Society, has several material collections on the Internet. You can navigate between these pages using the SFHS top menu at the top of every page.
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Karen Kasper's gedcom material
Main localities within the material
- Portin & Granlund - Pedersöre
- Moilanen - Suomussalmi
- Rompasaari - Rovaniemi
What are the main surnames/family names in this genealogy
Portin, Granlund, Moilanen, Rompasaari for the Finnish and Swede Finn sides, Hansen for the Danish, Johnson and Norin for the Swedish.
Any notes about the gedcom material? The Moilanen material mostly comes from Kaskimailta kansaksi, which is a book on Moilanen genealogy. Thanks Karen!... -
Rogers, Mark - New Talko collection - "Övermark to Gladstone, MI"
Surnames within the material Storthors, Söderman, Anneberg are the names related to my wife. Arledge, Banks, Benz, Berg, Blomquist, Blomster, Brown, Buckman, Burgess, Case, Dennis, Eckerley, Elliott, Erickson, Flannery, Gilette, Granfors, Greer, Gregg, Hill, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Johannson, Johansdotter, Johansson, Johnson, Jönsson, Kroksmossa, Landeck, Lassus, Ledbetter, Lillthors, Loraine, Mattsdotter, Mattsson, McCraw, Meeks, Meglathery, Murray, Nilsson, Nilsson, Noblett, Norback, Patty... -
Malmstrom, Lori - New Talko collection
Finally Lori's collection was added to the Talko genealogy database. Some 10-15% seem to be directly connected to Finland.
What are the main localities of people in this genealogy
Immigration to Houghton County, Michigan from Finland
What are the main surnames
Malmstrom, Niskavaara, Harjala, Kaurianen Acree, Allyn, Anderson, Arnold, Avery, Bagg, Bailey, Barett, Barnhart, Batterbee, Beckham, Bedford, Benning, Benninge, Benson, Bently, Bishop, Bla... -
Family Search Birth Records
Family Search
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In case of double entries - the entry with the bullet behind the state name has images of the original document. NB! Some states haven't yet material in Family Search in which case the link leads to the Family Search Website root. Entries marked with * may not yet be available
Alabama* | Alaska* | American Samoa* | Arizona | Arkansas | California* | Colorado* | Connecticut | Delaware | Delaware• | District of Columbia | Florida | Geor...
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by HasseSyrene Forsman has collected material to this exhibition which will be shown in Åbo, Finland during the festival "Finland in our hearts", July 1st–4th, 2011. Additionally an exhibition based upon the same material will be presented at the San Diego FinnFest in August, 2011. The lowres images of the entire exhibition can be seen here but this requires login, ie. the exhibition is open to registered users only. [Otherwise the link will only give an errormessage/-screen]...30-06-11, 10:14
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by HasseDid your grandfather come from Finland? Are you looking for your relatives in Finland, connecting with your roots? - Did your grandfather's brother emigrate from Finland to US, Canada or some other country? Have you lost contact with your relatives "over there"? The "Guide" section hopefully will give you some ideas how you may trace your relatives and at the same time get an interesting hobby - genealogy. At the moment there is a subsection for Finnish Genealogy and US Genealogy. With time we...30-06-11, 09:49
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by Hasseby "Snoberg"
Many Northern Finns traveled West, and settled in Northern Norway. Norsk-Finns are sometimes referred to as Kvaen (Kvæn). In order to make life easier; when pressured by the government to become “Norwegianized”, they gave in. Many Finns, and Sami lost their original identities, and were from then on recorded as being ‘Norwegian’.
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by HasseSFHS, The Swedish-Finn Historical Society, has several material collections on the Internet. You can navigate between these pages using the SFHS top menu at the top of every page.
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