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I run into a roadblaock with Matts Eliasson Kojonen born 1743 • Kojonen, Ytterjeppo, Vaasa, Finland. I believe Elias Pehrsson, born C:1713 • Viitassaari, Vaasa, Finland & Susanna Mårtensdotter, born C:1713 • Schuggila, Kauhava, Vaasa, Finland could possibly be his parents. If so, I hit the end of th...

Question..förfallolöst uteblifvit fr. uppbådet" - ¨which means that he has not turned up in the conscription.

What did you mean by it being "A good reason to leave the country"??

Perhaps the move by Johannes Mattsson Jungarä from Jeppo to Munsala in 1896; and the Munsala marriage to Maria Sofia Jakobsdr Ryss that same year, were merely on paper...the last communion marking shown for Johannes Mattsson Jungarå in Jeppo, is 12.10.1890; and there is a notation that he went to Am...

Thank you very much! I have been able to find more of Sofia's relatives! I see Ryss means Russia in Swedish, which she would not have wanted to use in the USA. Took the name her brother had taken, Freidlund. Does the use of Ryss mean she was Russian?? On all of her immigration & census reports she w...

Looking for information about my great grandparents. Maria Sofia Jakobsdotter Ryss born 6 FEB 1861, Moresala, Förslg, Sora, Finland. And Johan Mattsson Jungara born 17 JUL 1870 • Jeppo, Finland. I would like to find out the significance, or simply why, both changed there last names when they arrived...