Welcome, Finngen members, to Finlander Forum

[Hasse Admin Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Hasse]

Since the announcement that Finngen is closing down in the end of April lots of Finngen members have registered at Finlander forum. Some have also registered at the Finnish/Swedish language Suku Forum.

We wish all of you welcome and hope you have fun together with us here on Finlander.

As I fully understand that the step from a mailing list to a webpage based discussion forum may feel problematic for some of you in case this is the first time you come in contact with a forum. But – I'm quite sure that we shall try to answer all your questions along the way.

Within Finlander forum I have also created a dedicated Finngen subforum – please feel at home.

Some small steps to make your life easy on Finlander:

• log in using the username/password combination you selected when you registered. I would recommend you select the "Remember Me" -box before hitting ok - if you use your own PC at home. (pls. write these down for future use)
• to see what new messages have been posted
  • if the last time you visited was yesterday or later list the messages from the last 24 hours using the "What's New" / "Today's Forum Messages" (see function row buttons)
  • if the last time you visited was last week or later list the messages from the last 7 days using the "What's New" / "Last Week's Messages" (see function row buttons)
  
  
• if you want to post a new question or otherwise start a new message thread – select for example the Finngen subforum from the main page and hit the "Post New Thread" -button
  • write a heading/subject and a message and hit the button "Submit New Thread" when ready
  
  
• if you want to post an answer to a message you are reading
  • hit the "Reply" button
  • if you need more functionality when writing your message, cloose the "Go to Advanced Editor"
  • enter your message
  • when the message is ready to be posted - hit "Reply to Thread"
  
  

Note that the Finlander forum may email you notifying that there are new comments in your message thread or in a thread you have contributed to. Remember that you cannot reply to the email message – instead click the link in your email message that takes you directly to the first new message.

Hope to see you on-line

Hasse

[Karen Norwillo Registered Find all posts View Profile Close Karen Norwillo]

Welcome to all the Finngen members. As a product of both Swedish-speaking Finns and Finnish-speaking Finns, I can tell you everyone here has been so helpful in my quest for my ancestors. I have visited Finland several times and have met many of my Finn cousins from all parts of Finland. I have never even considered the language difference to be an obstacle. My Finnish grandfather from Salla and my grandmother from Esse met in Michigan, married and raised a large, wonderful family, my father being the youngest. I hope you will all feel welcome here and find that we are a great bunch of people.