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4 sisters?Ethel Hoffman, Ida Potter, Martha Longley, Ebba Bergh.

BarbaraHanshaw1940  (View posts) Posted: 4 Feb 2009 7:13PM GMT
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Looking for descendents of these 4 sisters. Have many, many Swedish books that should go to their descendants. They were from Skanee, Michigan.
We tried giving the books to Finlandia University, Swedish colleges. No luck.
Contact Marilyn Prill at norske@up.net in Skanee, Mich

Re: 4 sisters?Ethel Hoffman, Ida Potter, Martha Longley, Ebba Bergh.

jettbaker  (View posts) Posted: 5 Feb 2009 3:49PM GMT
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Marilyn,
Try contacting The Baraga County Historical Society,
They have a Museum and might be interested

www.baragacountyhistoricalmuseum.com/

Baraga County HISTORICAL MUSEUM
P.O. BOX 567
BARAGA, MICHIGAN 49908
PHONE: (906) 353-8444 or (906) 353-6810
EMAIL: jdompier@up.net

Re: 4 sisters?Ethel Hoffman, Ida Potter, Martha Longley, Ebba Bergh.

AliciaKMarshall  (View posts) Posted: 6 Feb 2009 3:37PM GMT
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If these sisters were Ohman's , it looks like there are no Ohman's left in Baraga county. The historical society might want them if they have genealogy information on them in Baraga. The Finlandia University is Finnish not Swedish by the way. It was previously called Suomi college.
best regards,
Alicia Marshall

Re: 4 sisters?Ethel Hoffman, Ida Potter, Martha Longley, Ebba Bergh.

BarbaraHanshaw1940  (View posts) Posted: 7 Feb 2009 4:49AM GMT
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Thank you. I work with Baraga Co. Hist. Museum as a volunteer. We contacted Finlandia because at one time Finland was a part of Sweden. They are the ones that helped us with the Swedish colleges. The museum in Baraga does not have room for more books. We really wanted these books to go to the descendants of these 4 sisters as they are 100 + years old.
I have feeling they will hit the burn pile if we don't get a lead on this. We really don't know who else to contact.
Thank you for your suggestions. Your work is much appreciated by many.

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