Höglund, Simon Usa 1880_

[Brian]

My great grandfather came to USA around 1880 when he was about 19 years old. He is listed as having come from Finland or Russia. Speculation is that his name may have been Simon Höglund. Family tradition has it that he also had another last name which was about 15 letters in length. If anyone else there has an idea about where I can look to find this persons origen it would be greatly appreciated.

[Kirsti Ervola]

Hello Brian, I recommend that You go to the website of the Genealogical Society of Finland in  //www.genealogia.fi/  which has a lot of useful information concerning emigration from Finland. There You can join there the mailing list Finngen. The surname Höglund has been rather common, so You'll need to have a bit more detailed information about Your great-grandfather, though.
 
With best wishes, KE