105 years ago today 39 Finns, escorted by a lieutenant of English Army, landed in Quebec. What had happened and who were they? #WW1 #CivilWar1918 #MilitaryHistory #genealogy sectionmen.fi/en/deported-...

105 years ago today 39 Finns, escorted by a lieutenant of English Army, landed in Quebec. What had happened and who were they? #WW1 #CivilWar1918 #MilitaryHistory #genealogy sectionmen.fi/en/deported-...

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Save the Date:

“Deep Mapping the ‘Uncharted Territories’ of Finnish Migrant-Settler History” @koneensaatio.fi Project Final Seminar

Thursday, November 27, 2025, 13:00–16:00

Place: @infomigration.bsky.social & Online

Program details and registration to follow.

More info: www.samirasaramo.com

Siirtolaisuus kiinnostaa taas. ”On useita kiinnostavia hankkeita esimerkiksi asutuskolonialismista, tai maankäyttö- ja ympäristönäkökulmista. Myös historiallinen Pohjois-Amerikan suomalaisten työväenliike ja nykypäivän aktivismi on kiinnostanut paljon.” Toteaa @samirasaramo.bsky.social Ylen jutussa.

This is a remarkable document for a mainstream media outlet to publish.

(gift link)

wapo.st/3IRLZn6

Kyiv is under such a crazy attack.
Drones. Now missiles.
I’m typing this -
which means I’m still here.

For those who care.

Big news for Geni Pro users! We’re excited to announce Relationship Path Diagrams – a new way to visualize your relationship paths in the World Family Tree.

#genealogy #FamilyTree #news #FamilyHistory

After 1929 if your immigration to Canada was not approved, your appeal went straight to the top. #immigration #Canada
sectionmen.fi/en/immigrati...

BC Vital Statistics Agency 2025 release of marriage and death registrations is now available. It's the first update of birth records in two decades, since an extra 20 years was added to their release in 2004! #FamilyHistory #genealogy

search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy

This is today! #Canada #OnePlaceWednesday

'The Swedish National Archives makes one million handwritten documents searchable' riksarkivet.se/inlagg/riksa... - the Universal Viewer plus AI text transcription!

Congratulations to everyone at the Riksarkivet who worked so hard on this! #AI4LAM #UniversalViewer

Something not quite typical went on in Toronto around 1900. The story of the Finnish tailors has been told before, but I tried to find out who they were.

sectionmen.fi/en/finnish-t...
#genealogy #LocalHistory #OnePlaceWednesday @geni.com

Who were the Fort William Finns? Answered in this exhaustive study. sectionmen.fi/en/eldon-oja... #Genealogy #LocalHistory #OnePlaceWednesday

My immigrant history blog goes bilingual. More posts in English will be coming this year. sectionmen.fi/en/ #genealogy #LocalHistory #immigration #Canada #OnePlaceStudies

Finnish immigrants often felt the need to change their surname to something simple to spell. I found 49 families in Thunder Bay, Canada who chose to become Maki.

sectionmen.fi/just-be-a-ma...
#genealogy #immigration

Suomi karkotti vuonna 1920 muutaman kymmentä ”vaarallista punikkia” Kanadaan. Kirjoitin miten se tapahtui ja keitä he olivat.
sectionmen.fi/kanadaan-kar...

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