This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CStanley84 Surnames: Ahola Olsen Olson Luusua Andersen Anderson Petersen Peterson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I would bet that the family came through the U.P. of Michigan, first. Since my first post, I've found many more shirt-tail relation and every one in Otter Tail, MN area either moved back and forth between MN and Houghton/Keweenaw county MI or their parents, siblings, or children did. Some came through Canada, first, then on to the UP, MI or MN. All of our family oral history spoke of the Fin side of the family and the Sami that was possibly or probably part of it. In my research, I never found the Sami connection with the Olsen-AHOLA (Olson) and LUUSUA side, but found plenty in the Andersen-Petersen (Anderson-Peterson) Norwegian side. The 1875 census for Finnmark, Norway is available online and with English translations for the basic parts of the search. That year shows the ethnicity of each person in the family, including mixed ethnicities. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.