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Dear Tuulacu Thanks a lot for all information, really something to study in order to find more information. Some comments to your post: (a) - Ilmatar must have been under Russian "rule" as Finland then was part of Russia. That means I have to learn more about Finlands history for this period (b) - M...

Additional question.
I am also interested in Crew list for a ship called Evogina for the period Sep 1877 to Oct 1879.
According to ship list i Finish newspapers the captain is Bäckström.
Knut

Hi again. I still have some question about Albert Bäckström, and hope to get some help. According to Ship lists from Lloyds and newspapers a captain Backstrom (no forename) was on the ship Ilmatar (Russian, Finnish? bark) (build in Boston, Nova Scotia 1855) In 1876 the ship sailed from Pensacola Mar...

Thanks a lot to Jani, Kimpula and OrvokkiT for facts and exciting information. First: The questions connected to birthplace of my grandmother Bertha and her siblings seems to be solved. Thats help a lot in futher research, more details may be found when/if church records for Espoo is avaiable for th...

I have some questions connected to my family from Finland. Information about my Finish ancestry: Most of the information I have is from my grandfathers written story. Other documentation is stated below. My great grandfather was : Albert Edvard Bäckström He was born Feb 12. 1842 Frisans Espoo Uusima...