Happy New Year and Happy 51st Year

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the 51st year for the Finnish-American Historical Society of the West. Founded in December 6, 1962 as a non-profit group, the historical society is dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of America's Finnish settlers. We invite you to join us as we promote historical research, commemorate noteworthy sites, collect artifacts and pioneer tales, preserve the language and carry on the immigrant's ethnic traditions.

Digital archives and publications

The Finnish-American Historical Society of the West has begun converting our publication archives to PDF and eBook formats. We hope this makes them more widely available and preserves them for future Finns and Americans. We've chosen The Pioneer Finnish Home, our publication of the original 1920s construction of the Erik Lindgren log home and the subsequent relocation, restoration and preservation, as our test conversion and we are releasing it for download.

This publication is now available in text searchable PDF format and two eBook formats for eBook readers including Kindle, Nook, iPad, Sony, and more. See our Research & Publications page to download these files.

We are excited to be able to preserve our archives and make them more accessible. This first conversion of The Pioneer Finnish Home will be used to estimate bandwidth and storage costs and help us determine how future conversions will be made available.

October 2012 and January 2013 editions of our quarterly newsletter, FINNAM NEWS are available for viewing and download. Newsletters and publications can all be found on our Research & Publications page. Please feel free to read and review the available items and comment on our digital conversion efforts and any ideas you think would be helpful.