Calamnius Family Reunion

Hi to all of you blog readers,

The 60th anniversary family reunion of the Calamnius family is slowly starting to come together. We have published our program for the days on our website at www.calamnus.fi , look at the memberletters page.
This meeting is special, because it's also a part of the 350th year of finnish genealogical research, in the year 1660 the bishop Tersereus, started his trip to Ostrobothnia. During this trip he started to notice the many releationships between the different social classes, mostly among the priests, and the merchandants. He got what we could describe as the flu of genealogical research, and he started to note down the releationships. These notes would a few hundred years later become the famous Genealogia Sursilliana, a basis for many genealogical researches in Finland.
The Genealogical Society of Finland is celebrating this as the start of genealogy in Finland with many events during the year. The main event has already occurred, but, the most waited for event will take place in Seinäjoki on sep 25 2010, in a so called Sursill Seminar.
The lazy blogger will be one of the speakers, but wait, this is not all, there will be new research information on the Sursill family that might change the old picture totally, at least that's what I've been told. So please show up at the seminar, to be among the first ones to be told about the latest research.

The Lazy Blogger.

Seven RIngettes Nurmijärvi

First the excellent news from Canada,

The team where my wife's son's daughter plays ringette have won all plays so far, they became champions in Thetford Mines in Canada, against all odds, amazing...
The winnings seems to continue, I'll keep you posted as the tournament trip goes on.
Here is a picture from the Canadin tour.

Well we're in the 2010 now,

Not much different from other Chrismases or New Years this year.

The Christmas day was spent at the in-laws place in Ikaalinen in central Finland. ON the second Christmas day most of the relatives gathered at the same place for a dinner, many came from the south and the south-west of Finland for the event.


Here is two photos of all that gatered up in Ikaalinen. On the first one Velhotar in front, on the second one Velho in front.

Little Christmas "Pikku Joulu"

A few days ago, it was the first advent, and Velho went to a small party held by the Finland-Hungarian Association in Järvenpää.
This event is held once a year, the members coming together eating good food, chatting and having fun.
This year this party was arranged by our sister association the Russin-Finland Association, and we had the opportunity to taste some traditional russian foods, interesting combinations and tastes.

Velho had the opportunity to meet up with other friends of Hungary, that have aquirred their own cottage in the south of Hungary, in fact a small wineyard. We spent the whole evening speaking about Hungary. As all of you know, the plans for Velho and Velhotar is to find a small place down there in Hungary, where we can spend part of our pension days in a bit warmer climate than here at home.
As with all dreams, you have to have them for a long time to increase the possibility to get them fullfilled. Our dream started nearly ten years ago, so maybe it's our turn soon:-)

Your Lazy Blogger

Hello everybody,

The Lazy Blogger is back;-)

The summer has gone by with lots of small restauration projects on Velhola Manor, the social life has been forgotten, the year is simply too short this year.
Now it's nearly winter, at least cold and bad weather outside, making me wonder, why am I still here up in the north of Europe, when I should be around 2000- 3000 km south?
The dream is to get a cottage somewere in the south of Hungary, or even in the south of Italy, a place where one can live a peaceful and easy life within a bit warmer climate during the upcoming pension days (a few years left, I'm not that old yet;-)).

The rest of the year is filled with different events and meetings, mostly concerning genealogy. The Finnish Genealogical Society have a few meetings every month, and I'm also attending meetings with the Calamnius family board, planning the upcoming 60th anniversary meeting next summer in Helsinki, more information on their website.
My hunt for information on the Holm familys incompleate branches also continues, some progression made this year, mostly on our Franck branch, but there are still a few other branches to take up to present time.

Well, what I'm trying to say, is that it has allways seemed that old people doesn't have time, they're allways busy with something. Now it seems that the same flu is catching me also, even if I'm not that old yet, or am I?

Your Lazy Blogger

Ciao everyone,

The last few weeks, Velho has been participating on a "Talkoo" in Lepsämä, in the south of Finland. The enntrance, kitchen and the living room is going through a main restauration, today we've finally started to see kind of how it will be when it's ready.
When Velho left the site, late in the evening, it began to rain and a heavy thunderstorm came up, the rain was so heavy that one could drive only about 50-60 km/h, anyway safe home.
This was the first thunderstorm this summer, hopefullty there's not to many of them.
The picture is from Velhola west wing. as it's now ready.

Your Lazy Blogger

The Lazy blogger is back,

It's allmost midsummer, and much colder than it should be this time of the year, today we reached 12C, forecast for tomorrow is 15C. Hopefully it'll be warmer on midsummer.
This year most of the Velhos will spend the midsummer in the archipelago of Uusikaupunki on the westcoast of Finland.
Velho is planing for the upcoming roof job, yes our old roof will get a makeup, this year the south side, and next year the north side. Either the first or the second weekend in july, there is a so called "talkoo" at Velhola, when the roof restauration takes place, so lets hope for a weekend without rain.

Yours truly,

The Lazy Blogger.