ARTICLES

by Joelle Steele

The following articles provide more information about family history and genealogy. I add new articles periodically, so you might want to bookmark this page for future reference.

A Forstrom Family Tragedy-Arvid Forstrom Dies in Train Accident: Swedish Finn Arvid Forstrom was killed when his milk truck was struck by the northbound Seattle train in Centralia, Washington in August 1917

How to Handle, Store, and Display Old Photos: Antique photos are very fragile and must be cared for to preserve them for generations to come.

Inspired Design - Swedish Finn Glass Artist Oiva Toikka: Award-winning Oiva Toikka is best known for his beautiful stylized birds.

Matts Johansson Torp Svartsjö (08/16/1674-08/01/1759): One of many famous Swedish Finns and the 3x great-grandfather of Finnish National Poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Schnyder's Corneal Dystrophy: Learn about this little-known disease that affects people of Swedish Finn ancestry as well as those of other ethnicities.

Swedish Finns - Living Well and Living Longer: Researchers have determined that Swedish Finns use social capital to stay healthier and live longer and productive lives.

The Ultima Thule: Swedish-Finn designer Tapio Wirkkala achieved fulfillment from his many design challenges and put Finnish design on the map.

Understanding Kinship And The Truth About What Happens When Cousins Marry: Are you second cousins, half-cousins, third cousins twice removed? Which is which? Also, intermarriage in families was once common and resulted in infertility, frequent miscarriage, still births, high infant mortality, deformity, and inherited diseases caused by recessive genes. Read about it in this short article.

Using Facial Features to Identify People In Old Photographs: To identify an individual, you must compare their facial features with known photos of that person.