Posted on: Stearns County Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Stearns/11412 Surname: Paasovaara ------------------------- Mike -- Are you absolutely sure your the Paasovaara's went to Wakefield Township in Stearns County, Minnesota? Stearns County was a very uncommon destination for Finnish emmigrants... St. Louis County was very common, but not Stearns. I looked up the names you mentioned on the Finnish Institute of Migration website (see link below) and found the passport information for Aaro and the ship passenger information for both of them (see listings below). On the passenger lists, both indicate a destination of Wakefield, Michigan (which is a town in the UP --Upper Penninsula-- of Michigan, a common Finnish destination), not Wakefield, Minnesota (a township in Stearns County). I can search the 1910 and 1920 Census records of Wakefield Township in Stearns County for you if you are sure that the passenger records are incorrect. Let me know. -- Tom --------- Passport search results Last name First names Passport Date Born Home parish Destination Paasovaara Aaro 09.05.1914 . .1895 Kuusamo Amerikka Paasovaara Johanna Karoliina 04.04.1911 01.06.1888 Kuusamo Amerikka Paasovaara Kalle Ollinp. 27.02.1900 . .1882 Kuusamo Amerikka Paasovaara Kustaa Ollinp. . .1901 . .1870 Kuusamo Amerikka Detailed passport information Last name Paasovaara First names Aaro Other names * Birth date . .1895 Marital status 1 Religion Lut. Occupation Mökkil. pka Home parish Kuusamo Province OU Passport date 09.05.1914 Passport number 401 Passport valid (year:month) 5:0 Destination Amerikka Passport issued by OU Remarks * Passenger records Last name First names Place of destination State Country Date Paasovaara Aaro Wakefield MI USA 16.05.1914 Paasovaara Anna Biwabik MN USA 13.07.1907 Paasovaara Eino Biwabik MN USA 13.07.1907 Paasovaara Erkki Biwabik MN USA 13.07.1907 Paasovaara Kustaa Frederick SD USA 20.07.1901 Paasovaara Vihtori Wakefield MI USA 07.04.1909 Paasovaara Yrjö Biwabik MN USA 13.07.1907 Detailed passenger information Last name Paasovaara First names Aaro Age or age class 20 Port of departure Hanko Place of destination Wakefield State of destination MI Country of destination USA Price of ticket FIM 366 Ship from Finland Urania Date of departure from Finland 16.05.1914 Ship from England Alsatian Date of departure from England 22.05.1914 Ocean Line Allan Line Port of departure in England * List and page 100/74 Remarks Oulu! Detailed passenger information Last name Paasovaara First names Vihtori Age or age class 18 Port of departure Hanko Place of destination Wakefield State of destination MI Country of destination USA Price of ticket FIM 355 Ship from Finland Polaris Date of departure from Finland 07.04.1909 Ship from England Carmania Date of departure from England 13.04.1909 Ocean Line Cunard Line Port of departure in England * List and page 71/10 Remarks * Link: Finnish Institute of Migration URL: <http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/migration/pl/index_e.html>