I recall reading (but do not recall the source) that it was actually the Finns, the most numerous settlers in the Swedish colony, who specialized in building log cabins, which were (and perhaps still are) a common type of structure in Finland, which was, In think, under Swedish control during the time fame in question. Even today, I have read, if you want a well build log cabin, hire a Finn to built it. Having said that, I suppose that the Swedes also built log cabins, but who actually built the first one in New Sweden is not clear to me. David Smock =============== ----- Original Message ----- From: <dutch-colonies-request@rootsweb.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:01 AM Subject: DUTCH-COLONIES Digest, Vol 8, Issue 88 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: New Sweden anniversary (juliasgenes) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To contact the DUTCH-COLONIES list administrator, send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the DUTCH-COLONIES mailing list, send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. >