Ajakaja Stories template

Ajakaja Stories template

Copy in new story here. After adding the story, go to the right hand side under ‘Post’ and make the following edits.Make sure that ‘Ajakaja Stories’ is selected in the Categories section (this will make it appear in the Ajakaja stories...
Estonian Pioneer Women

Estonian Pioneer Women

A dark and cold winter morning… time to start the day…the wind is blowing outside…she can hear it in the trees outside the cabin. The floor is icy cold…time to get the stove going so that the day can begin. There are no lights to turn on…...
Ajakaja Stories template

70 Years Ago

We had lived six years in Sweden after escaping from Estonia during World War II. While in Sweden, thanks to the fact my parents both spoke English fairly fluently, we had completed all requirements for immigration to Canada. In early March 1951 we made our way by...
The Erdman Family

The Erdman Family

The members of the Erdman family have earned their rightful place in Alberta’s history as one of the original settlers of Barons. The Erdmans’ story begins with Juri Erdman, born in 1778 in Estonia. Before he died in 1850, Juri married a woman named Madli...