I am looking for more info on my family tree,grandmother was helen stover(walkama) her mother and father were lempi sofia walkama and father was ananias rissanen.
my great grandmother had at least eleven other siblings there parents names:hedvig and aukusti Valkama
hedvig born around 1859 till at least 1929
aukusti born around 1857 died 1904
the following are there childrens names i am not sure if all the children were born to aukusti due to the fact that he died at 47
sameli valkama
leppli? valkama
juho walkama
siiri (valkama) lipasti mother to martti
lipasti
aukusti Valkama father to matti valkama


other names are sameli lehtinen, solomon lehtinen,etinen Valkama , sameli kuollut v. 1935 ?, lauri lehtinen, Eeva ja váiná lehtinen,laura justina valkama(married and became saxberg), and eino walkama, im not exacly sure where these people are in the family tree but they are all related.Any info on this tree would be greatly apreciated,i have pictures of some of these peple including a couple of large group photos.

MY great grandfather was ananias rissanen Jr.his father was ananias(jafetson) rissanen born january 6,1859
and married maria henrika hämäläinen(rita hamalainen) december 30, 1878.
anaias jafetson parents were jafet rissanen and stina lovisa ruuskanen(lovisa johansdotter ruuska) they were married march 6, 1844.
all risanen were from pielavesi, kuopio,finland.any further info on this side would be greatly apreciated

I am also looking for information on Walkama. My ggrandmother was Margaret Elizabeth Walkama (or Maria), b 22 July 1882 in Finland (no location) and died 13 November 1953 in Marlborough, NH USA. Her parents were Gabriel Walkama and Magdaleena ?. There were 5 children; Isak, Margaret, Hilma, Oskar, and Eero. She married Jacob Hiivainen (Hiiva) from IImajoki, Finland. Jacob was born 26 March 1886 and died 26 January 1958 in Concord NH, USA. They had 11 children, Eleanor, Philip, Walter, Marie, Lillian, Linnia, Linda, Ina, Viola, Ella and Phyllis. Lillian was my grandmother.

Joanne

Aloha Joanne,
I am not sure if you grandparents are related to my family.
Although it is possible unless you are possitive there were
only 11 children,in my family i know there were at least 12 children, My great grandmothers name was changed to Lempi Sophia Walkama when she came to America. Keep me posted if you do find they are related, and I'll do the same.
I also recieved a response from a nice gentlman in Finland about the name Valkama, I have not had a chance to follow up on it yet but it should be very helpfull for both of us. I will try to paste it below, let me know if it doesn't come through.
Dear Deanna,
I saw your message in Rootsweb Finland message board.

Valkama = Walkama is a typical name in Jalasjärvi parish. It's also a farm
in Jalasjärvi. Lipasti is a farm in neighbouring parish Kurikka.
So, the best thing would be to look for an answer i Jalasjärvi parish
office.

The address of Jalasjärvi parish office:

Jalasjärven seurakunta
kirkkoherranvirasto
Keskustie 14
FIN- 61600 JALASJÄRVI
Finland

Tel +358-6-4560 026

There are also some family societies in Jalasjärvi area which might include
your Walkama family. You can always ask if your family is in their files.
These family societies are

- The descendants of Petter Hällström (30.000 members)
Genealogical research: Ritva Tuokko
Merikorttikuja 2 as. 624, FIN-00960 Helsinki, Finland
Email: ritva.tuokko@pp.inet.fi

- The Köykkä family of Luopajärvi, Jalasjärvi
Terhi Rintala, Kaartotie 6, 61600 Jalasjärvi, Finland, e-mail
jrintal2@nettilinja.fi

- The Descendants of Heikki Olavinpoika of Koskue Jalasjärvi, Finland
In genealogy issues, inquiries about descendancy to:
Vilho Puro, kukville@nic.fi

Matti Kujala from Espoo, Finland says also in the list of family researcher
in Finland that he researches Walkama family in Jalasjärvi. E-mail:
rmkujala@kolumbus.fi.

Leena Kamppainen researches Walkama family in parish of Kauhajoki (near
Jalasjärvi) E-mail: leena.kemppainen@phnet.fi.

Best wishes,
Riikka Kalmi