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By June Pelo
One of my major genealogy discoveries came as a result of a visit to cousins in Michigan. Because of my interest in genealogy, one cousin gave me a couple old photo albums that belonged to my mother’s parents.
Most of the photos weren’t identified and I didn’t recognize anyone, but I decided to make copies and send them around to all my relatives, hoping that they would know someone.At the same time that I received the albums, another cousin showed me an old letter that was sent to her mother in 1910 from Polson, MT. Parts of the letter were missing, but it started out “Dear Cousin”, and went on to mention the deaths of Esther and Harry, and the letter was signed “Bertha”. None of us remembered our parents talking about a Cousin Bertha who lived in Montana. And I could not find anything in my genealogy files pertaining to this family.
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by HasseSubmitted by June Pelo, Leonore P. Williams; The Ludington Daily News, July 24, 1956 Front windows, looking out over the waters of the busy harbor to the long sand peninsula which is the harbor’s southern boundary serve as a constant reminder to John Matson and his wife Hilda of the days that used to be. Those were the days of their carefree youth and early married life when “The Island,” as the peninsula was then called was their home. The now barren sand waste was the site of two hustl...08-01-11, 13:00
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by HasseBy Hilding Widjeskog translation by June Pelo It was in 1924. Times in Finland were hard and it appeared they weren’t going to get any better for the next 30 years. Overpopulation was still prevalent in spite of large emigration before WW1. Terjärv, which is famous for its beautiful scenery but also for its small-scale farming with unsuitable farming land, was again to experience its precious sons going to find their fortune and future in a strange land. It wasn’t just a question of being...08-01-11, 12:49