Since the 1970s, emigrants and emigration to America have been an area of
special interest to Mr. Hanhisalo. In addition to tracing the emigrants and their
descendants in his own family, Mr. Hanhisalo has researched and met other
families with emigrant roots. Since 2002, Mr. Hanhisalo has attended various
emigrant events and festivals.
Thus Mr. Hanhisalo has the experience required in both researching the life and
times of emigrants, but also in helping the descendants of emigrants to locate
possible living relatives.