11th Finglish trip August 2011 #36 Marianne Wargelin´s family traces itself to the early Astoria, Oregon Finnish fishing community,...

11 Finglish trip July 2011 #2 The 28th FinnFest USA was held in Town & Country Conference Center in San Diego, California in 2011....

10th Finglish trip July 2010 #3 Carol Pärssinen´s all eight grandparents came from different areas in Finland, Könni, Pyhäjärvi, Kuusamo,...

9th Finglish trip October 2009 #4 The present day Brooklyn Baptist Church at 733 44th St. was formerly the home of the Finnish Golgotha...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #34 At the foot of Mount Shasta near the Oregon border in California is the sign of the Finlandia Motel, a...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #31 Kevin Jussila was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Although a financial advisor by training...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #29 ”I like to drive really fast, 130 miles an hour in my Bentley,” says Otto Heino, over 90 years of age,...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #23 Esko Hieta was born in Tampere in 1930, were he also went to school. After studying at Business Institute...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #22 The family of Albert Jokela's mother moved from Alahärmä to Ishpeming, Michigan in 1903. His father's...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #18 Tom Nurmi and Kip Aalto are the descendants of Finnish fruit growers who settled in the Reedley area at...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #17 ”Six years, eight months, 12 days, and about 12 hours ago,” answers Rusty, looking at his watch, when he...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #15 John Hauli (Juho Hakkarainen originally) bought property on the bank of Kings River in Reedley,...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #12 The Rubicon Estate Winery, formerly Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery and once again Inglenook, is located in...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #11 In the 1910s around ten Finnish families moved from the mining town of Butte, Montana to California. Later...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #10 Dennis Tuomala has been president for 39 years of the United Finnish Kaleva Brothers and Sisters Fort...

5th Finglish trip July 2007 #37 Marja-Liisa "Hipsu" Pihlgren (1936-2011). A longtime valued employee of the Elizabeth Arden Salon at...