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 America Fever

100 years since the young Saarukka men mined gold in Africa
 Terjärv emigration
 Immigration and settlement from Finland to Australia

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 Wolf Cave. A pre-ice age archaeological find in Lappfjärd, Finland
 Ostrobothnia
 Where do Finns come from

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Ports and passenger traffic of North Europe - Reference map
 Emigration areas
Emigration from Ostrobothnia
DATABASE of IMMIGRANTS from Ostrobothnia, Finland Immigrants database
Ester's journey from Sideby to Fitchburg - tracked by WWW
John Victor Johnson Odyssey from Finland to Florida

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 s/s NORDEN
 s/s NORDEN in Sideby
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 Steamers' pier
 Ostrobothnian paddle-steamers
 s/s FREDRIK WILHELM
 POLARIS
 ARCTURUS
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 Three generations of Wickström's designed automobiles
  Ray Dolby, roots in Terjärv and Kaustby

Finnish history
  The main outline of the earlier settlement of Ostrobothnia

FÅA emigrant office

The Emigration Office of the Finland Steamship Company "Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget" in Kristinestad was since ca 1908 stationed in the second building from the left. The poster at the corner of the warehouse in front announces:

Från
Kristinestad
till HANGÖ och
ENGLAND
AMERIKA
AFRIKA
AUSTRALIEN
och
NEW ZEELAND

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