[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Migration route Poland to Volhynia

[Edelgard Strobel]

Hi Dick,

My Zache relatives from Piskory, Stawiszyn travelled together with some
people from Borowiec, Grodziec and the Weichsel low ground near Plock by
horse and planwagons to Neu Dorosin, Rozyszcze in Volhynia in 1875. A long
row of wagons like a caravan, that was covered with tents, to protect the
people of the rain. 11 settlers with their families, whose destination was
the gouvernement of Zytomir, because they already had relatives there. But
they were stopped by agents and were persuaded to settle in Neu Dorosin,
Rozyszcze, where they bought a piece of forest for 500 Rubel from a
nobleman. For the way from the Kalisz area  to Volhynia they needed 3 weeks.

Greetings from cold Germany,

Edelgard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Stein" <stein at enel.ucalgary.ca>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:35 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Migration route Poland to Volhynia


> From my reading of the information available, it appears that several
> thousand German families migrated to Volhynia in the 1860s and 1870s from
> the Kujawien Lakes area of Poland.  There must have been a main route that
> many followed.  I would appreciate any information on the location of this
> route from, for example, Sompolno to the area of Lutsk, Volhynia.  The
most
> direct route would seem to be through Lodz, Radom, Lublin, Chelm and on
into
> Volhynia.  Is it correct to assume that they travelled by horse and wagon
> with their belongings, or did some travel by train?  If the latter, what
> would be the route?  If by horse and wagon, I wonder how long it would
have
> taken.  The straight-line distance is about 500 km.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Dick Stein
> stein at enel.ucalgary.ca
> Researching:  Stein, Riske, Kitzmann, Schachtschneider, Rachui, Abram,
Drews
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