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Sontiainen Moose Jaw 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #18 Sontiainen is an amusing, intriguing and tragic story of home-sickness. The unfortunate Tom Sukanen had...
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21. lokak. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Finnish Lutheran Church Juhala Hill 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #17 The wooden Lutheran church built by Finns sits on the west slope of Juhala Hill in Buffalo, South...
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14. lokak. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
David Niemi Cave Hill 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #16 David Niemi's grandfather Johan Aukusti Niemi moved from Tampere, Finland to Black Hills, South Dakota,...
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7. lokak. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
David Waino Tilus Cave Hill 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #15 David Waino Tilus's grandfather became a farmer at Cave Hill, Buffalo, South Dakota, from the mining...
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30. syysk. 20192 min käytetty lukemiseen
The Homestake Gold Mine Lead 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #15 The great Homestake gold deposit in Lead, South Dakota, was discovered near the site of the Manuel...
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23. syysk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Annette Oppedahl Custer Peak 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #14 Annette Oppedahl née Salmon (Salmu) comes from Custer Peak, near the mining town of Lead. The old...
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16. syysk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
John Haivala Gillette 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #13 John Haivala´s grandparents came from Finland in 1904. John´s grandfather served in the Army. His father...
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9. syysk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Hanna Wyoming 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #12 The Finnish communities Hanna and Elmo of the coal-mining areas have fallen silent. In 1903, there was a...
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2. syysk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Susan Saarinen Golden 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #11 Landscape architect Susan Saarinen´s grandfather was architect Eliel Saarinen and her father architect...
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26. elok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Arthur and Suzanne Koski Morrison 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #10 Suzanne is the descendant of Swedish immigrants, and Arthur Koski comes from Drummond Island, Michigan....
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19. elok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Ronald and Elaine Kaminen Littleton 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #9 Ronald and Elaine Kaminen´s roots are in southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Ron´s grandparents came to...
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12. elok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Dan and Sonja Kamunen Littleton 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #8 Dan´s father Niilo Kamunen was from Kalajoki, Ostrobothnia. Niilo was born in 1884 and died in 1956 in...
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6. elok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Telluride 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #7 Telluride is a holiday resort for the affluent. The centre of this former mining village is officially...
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29. heinäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Mesa Verde Cortez 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #6 Gustaf Nordenskiöld was a Swedish scholar of Finnish-Swedish descent who was the first to scientifically...
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22. heinäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Acequia Madre House Santa Fe 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #5 Sometimes called “The House of the Three Wise Women” The Acequia Madre House was built by Eva Scott...
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15. heinäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
El Rancho de las Golondrinas Santa Fe 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #4 Consul Yrjö Paloheimo and his wife Leonora Curtin Paloheimo were friends of Finland. During the Winter...
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8. heinäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Raili, Cheryl and Miranda Rogers Glendale 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #3 Cheryl’s husband Duane is interested in genealogy and has researched his wife’s Finnish roots. Cheryl’s...
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1. heinäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
FinnFest USA San Diego 2011
11 Finglish trip July 2011 #2 The 28th FinnFest USA was held in Town & Country Conference Center in San Diego, California in 2011....
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24. kesäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Hannu Mikkonen San Diego 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #1 The House of Pacific Relations operates in Balboa Park in San Diego, with cottages representing its...
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19. kesäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Mirjam Kallas née Oinaala Sudbury 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #22 Irja Mirjam Elisabeth Kallas was born in 1919 in Hausjärvi, Finland. Her parents were railwayman Aaron...
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