Moi!
I'm Drew, I live in Texas now but grew up in Ohio. My dad is from Northern Michigan. His dad was born in Tervola, Finland, while my grandmother's parents were from Kannus and Ylivieska. I've been researching as much as I can of my family, both in the US and back in Finland (as well as my mom's side-- no Finnish there however). I've found a few relatives in Kemi, Kemijärvi, Rovaniemi, and Karasjok, Norway, and ties in the past to Sodankylä, Umeå, Sweden, and Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. I'm interested in trying to figure out if I have any Sámi blood in me-- I would assume so since we came from that area.
I've been able to get a lot of info on the Peltoperä side from a distant cousin of mine and filled in even more via Geni. The Waälitalo/Välitalo side was filled in by a cousin who is putting a book together on the family. I was able to supply some photos of family graves in the US for him over the summer. I'm always looking to fill in more gaps. I've gotten back to all of my great-great-great-grandparents at least, which is a ton more than I knew ten years ago.
Geni has been a lot of fun to poke around. Apparently Borje Salming is my 11th cousin once removed, so I have that going for me. Which is nice.
The surnames I'm researching include (and certainly aren't limited to): Pelto/Peltoperä/Peltoniemi/Peldoperä/Peltopärä/Beldopärä/Balto, Laiti, Mäkelä, Palosaari, Kanto, Vikeväkorva, Koivuranta, Koivupera, Wegelius, Stöckell, Wälitalo/Välitalo, Järvenpää, Mantal, Motari, Tokola, Peura, and Tervo. Probably several others I'm forgetting as I haven't put all my info into Geni just yet; it's on my home computer and I'm currently at work, so I've been slowly chipping away at it.
Anyways, thanks for adding me here, and I'm looking forward to learning and contributing whatever I can!
I'm Drew, I live in Texas now but grew up in Ohio. My dad is from Northern Michigan. His dad was born in Tervola, Finland, while my grandmother's parents were from Kannus and Ylivieska. I've been researching as much as I can of my family, both in the US and back in Finland (as well as my mom's side-- no Finnish there however). I've found a few relatives in Kemi, Kemijärvi, Rovaniemi, and Karasjok, Norway, and ties in the past to Sodankylä, Umeå, Sweden, and Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. I'm interested in trying to figure out if I have any Sámi blood in me-- I would assume so since we came from that area.
I've been able to get a lot of info on the Peltoperä side from a distant cousin of mine and filled in even more via Geni. The Waälitalo/Välitalo side was filled in by a cousin who is putting a book together on the family. I was able to supply some photos of family graves in the US for him over the summer. I'm always looking to fill in more gaps. I've gotten back to all of my great-great-great-grandparents at least, which is a ton more than I knew ten years ago.
Geni has been a lot of fun to poke around. Apparently Borje Salming is my 11th cousin once removed, so I have that going for me. Which is nice.
The surnames I'm researching include (and certainly aren't limited to): Pelto/Peltoperä/Peltoniemi/Peldoperä/Peltopärä/Beldopärä/Balto, Laiti, Mäkelä, Palosaari, Kanto, Vikeväkorva, Koivuranta, Koivupera, Wegelius, Stöckell, Wälitalo/Välitalo, Järvenpää, Mantal, Motari, Tokola, Peura, and Tervo. Probably several others I'm forgetting as I haven't put all my info into Geni just yet; it's on my home computer and I'm currently at work, so I've been slowly chipping away at it.
Anyways, thanks for adding me here, and I'm looking forward to learning and contributing whatever I can!
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