I sent this to a friend, a couple people have looked at it and this is what they send back, hope it helps, Jackie Tama kuvaanatetter Heinakuun (or Heinakwn) 20 jr 1896 Lingdan jnd Amerika > ja > mina (or minii) olin jillan 38 vuaden ja g kunja (or kwnja) 3 jraivan > > Hi Ginny! > I think it's supposed to be Finnish. There are a lot of mistakes and > strange > words in it so it's really hard to figure out what is meant. I can only > figure out pieces of it: > This picture... July 20 ..1896 ...America and I was... 38 years (old?) > and... > It could also be Estonian though, since Finnish and Estonian are related. > Barney > -- Hi Bev.  I sent the text to a friend of Bettina's who is learning Finnish. At least she knew a little.  Hope it helps.  +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more  http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! Tama kuvaanatetter Heinakuun (or Heinakwn) 20 jr 1896 Lingdan jnd Amerika ja mina (or minii) olin jillan 38 vuaden ja g kunja (or kwnja) 3 jraivan