Digiarkiston keskustelufoorumi

Birgit,

Thank you so much for translating that for me. That was a lot to translate so thank you for taking the time to do that.

Lynette

Kimpula,

Thank you for the post. It was very helpful.

Lynette

I am trying to translate what is written here about Erik Eriksson Anttila’s children Anna Lisa and Johan and their religious education (middle of the left page). The handwriting is very difficult to read so I am only able to discern bits and pieces such as “by heart” and “school”. I have tried to gu...

Hi Asko_A, This has helped tremendously! Thank you for taking the time to answer my post. I had no idea that those numbers were transgressions the parish priests kept track of. Some of my ancestors have quite a few of them listed in the remarks column. Too bad the black book is not online. It would ...

I’d greatly appreciate help in translating some words on this page. I have spent most of the day working on this one page and can’t figure out what some of the notation means. Maria Matintytär is my great-grandmother so I am trying to learn about her family members and the others who lived on her fa...

Taitta,
Thank you. I found a photo of a farmhouse from the Anttila farm in Alajärvi on the website!
Lynette

Tuula K,

I think you have solved it.
Sorry for my terrible deciphering of the handwriting. I should have posted a photo of it.

Thank you,
Lynette

If I put “smed karling” into Google translate, “blacksmith fellow” is the result.
But if I put just “karling”, there is no result. So it was confusing.
Thank you.

My great-grandfather is listed as a blacksmith fellow (smed karling). Does that mean he was an apprentice working under an experienced blacksmith? I can’t find the meaning of “karling” and no clear explanation of a “blacksmith fellow”. I think he got his training while working for the railroad. Than...

Thank you for the explanation. Perhaps he was living in some sort of barracks that were provided by the railroad.

Should there be a record of him leaving the parish to work for the railroad? I was unable to find an entry for him in the in-and-out migration records.
Thank you,
Lynette

Thank you Jaska!
That is really interesting!

I am having great difficulty translating the notation in the remarks column for Heikki Erkinpoika Anttila (4th line).
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thank you,
Lynette

https://www.sukuhistoria.fi/sshy/kirjat ... 08/684.htm

You are correct. I did not word that well. They had been farmhands before they married.
They were married and listed on one of the “itsellisia” pages as immigrating to Minnesota.

Birgit and Kimpula, Thank you for your replies. Kimpula - My great-grandparents were listed on one of the “itsellisiä” pages in Lappajärvi right before they immigrated. They were landless and Henry and Maria were working as a laborer/servant (dräng and piga) on a farm. Birgit - Thank you so much for...