10th Finglish trip July 2010 #7 Markku Ketola was born in Lappajärvi, Finland. He came to Ishpeming in Upper Michigan with his uncle in...

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 #5 Eric Aho is a Finnish American painter, whose work has been on show in several solo exhibitions in...

9th Finglish trip October 2009 #3 At 15 W126th Street in Harlem in New York City stands a grey building, the Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem....

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #33 Ruben Ruhkala's father Matt Ruhkala was born in Kalajoki Finland. Matt Ruhkala arrived in Rocklin in 1889...

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 #21 Elissa Marie Ketokoski was born in Sparta, Minnesota in the Iron Range area. All her grandparents came...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #16 Mike Jussila, a visual artist and hippie, makes artworks from tin cans and bottle tops, doesn’t like...

8th Finglish trip June 2009 #14 George Sundquist was born in Vexala village in Munsala, Finland and immigrated to the United States in...

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 #6 St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Orthodox church of Sitka, was built by Finnish carpenters in 1848. The church...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #5 Landscape Geography Professor Arnold Alanen researched Sitka National Historical Park, where Finns and...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #3 One of the speakers on the FinnFest USA cruise to Alaska is Don Bibeau. He’s a Finndian, as...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #2 Sinikka Church, née Pesola, is on a FinnFest USA cruise. She came from Finland to study at the University...

8th Finglish trip May 2009 #1 On May 2009 Holland America’s MS Westerdam left Seattle, Washington for a one-week cruise through Alaska’s...

7th Finglish trip September 2008 #40 Richard Impola was born in 1923 in Ahmeek, Michigan. Impola's father moved to Michigan from...

7th Finglish trip September 2008 #33 Anneli Alperin, née Jalkanen, was the last editor of the newspaper, New Yorkin Uutiset. She is a...

7th Finglish trip September 2008 #32 Pioneering endocrinologist and educator, Anna-Riitta Fuchs was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1926,...

7th Finglish trip September 2008 #30 Nina´s and Harriet´s parents Pekka and Anja moved from Finland to New York in 1970. Pekka and his...