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Vesa Oja
16. huhtik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Russian America Sitka 2009
8th Finglish trip May 2009 #6 St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Orthodox church of Sitka, was built by Finnish carpenters in 1848. The church...
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Vesa Oja
9. huhtik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Arnold Alanen Sitka 2009
8th Finglish trip May 2009 #5 Landscape Geography Professor Arnold Alanen researched Sitka National Historical Park, where Finns and...
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Vesa Oja
2. huhtik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Lois Lakso Munch Ketchikan 2009
8th Finglish trip May 2009 #4 Lois Lakso Munch writes on her homepage http://www.classictours.com: "As a young child growing up in South...
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Vesa Oja
26. maalisk. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Donald Bibeau Alaska 2009
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...
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Vesa Oja
19. maalisk. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Sinikka Church Alaska 2009
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...
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Vesa Oja
12. maalisk. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
FinnFest USA Cruise Alaska 2009
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...
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Vesa Oja
5. maalisk. 20182 min käytetty lukemiseen
Dave & Fred Orrik Washington DC 2008
7th Finglish trip October 2008 #44 Dave and Fred Orrik were born into an Estonian Finnish family, their father was Estonian and their...
50 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
26. helmik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Kalmar Nyckel Wilmington 2008
7th Finglish trip October 2008 #43 Kalmar Nyckel was constructed in about 1625, and was of a design called a pinnace. The ship was...
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Vesa Oja
19. helmik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Emma Penti-Sullivan Carver 2008
7th Finglish trip October 2008 #42 Emma was born in Hancock, Michigan. Her mother Marsha Penti was the director of Archive of Finnish...
83 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
12. helmik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Vilho & Lillian Harju Carver 2008
7th Finglish trip October 2008 #41 Harju Brothers is one of the large cranberry growing operations in Carver, Massachusetts. Vilho Harju...
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Vesa Oja
5. helmik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Richard & Helvi Impola New Paltz 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #40 Richard Impola was born in 1923 in Ahmeek, Michigan. Impola's father moved to Michigan from...
114 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
29. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Allan & Sylvi Hentilä Pearl River 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #39 Allan Hentilä was born in New Jersey in the USA and Sylvi Hentilä nee. Oksanen was born in Vallila...
121 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
22. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
June Lahti Yonkers 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #38 June Lahti’s father came from Kivijärvi to Michigan with his parents at the age of two. Her mother...
12 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
15. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Aino Backstrand Yonkers 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #37 Aino Backstrand was born in Harlem Finntown in 1921. Her mother was from Honkajoki and her father...
75 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
8. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Tuula Malmi and Leena Freyer Bronx 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #36 Tuula Malmi and Leena Freyer live in the old Finnish Co-op apartment house Varma in the Bronx, New...
132 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
1. tammik. 20181 min käytetty lukemiseen
Anna-Liisa Rintala Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #35 Anna-Liisa was born in 1928 in Pori, Finland. Anna-Liisa lived with her aunts after her parents got...
60 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
25. jouluk. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Ridva Huuskonen Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #34 Ridva Huuskonen moved to USA when she was 28 years old in 1962 to work as a cook for the Finnish...
17 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
18. jouluk. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Anneli Alperin Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #33 Anneli Alperin, née Jalkanen, was the last editor of the newspaper, New Yorkin Uutiset. She is a...
38 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
11. jouluk. 20172 min käytetty lukemiseen
Anna-Riitta Fuchs Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #32 Pioneering endocrinologist and educator, Anna-Riitta Fuchs was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1926,...
35 katselukertaa
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Vesa Oja
4. jouluk. 20171 min käytetty lukemiseen
Paul Tirri Manhattan 2008
7th Finglish trip September 2008 #31 Paul-Henry Tirri was born in Jaakkima, Karelia. As a young boy during the war he was in the midst of...
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