[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 113, Issue 1

[bonnie foster]

Helen, 
Thank you for all the new sites to explore!  
Looking at the sites made me think about taking a trip to explore in person these wonderful museums.
Bonnie Foster




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Today's Topics:

   1. German Emigration Centres (Helen Gillespie)


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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:03:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Helen Gillespie <hgillespie at rogers.com>
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Emigration Centres
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> The Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool is an excellent resource for
> information on travel to and from that port. You can access their web site
> at http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/about.asp


Also, if your ancestors came through Hamburg, the Ballinstadt museum has
important information. Here's the English-language? site:
http://www.ballinstadt.net/BallinStadt_emigration_museum_Hamburg/english__BallinStadt_das_Erlebnismuseum_Abenteuer_Auswanderung_Entwickelt_von_leisureworkgroup_Jens_Nitschke_Ansprechpartner_Museum_Auswanderung_Direktor_BallinStadt.html 

Bremen also has an excellent site, the German Emigration Center:
http://www.dah-bremerhaven.de/english/hauptseite_e.html

Many
passengers from Eastern Europe coming through Riga on the north coast sailed to England and then travelled from Liverpool to the US and Canada. Some of my ancestors came this way,
http://www.findmypast.co.uk




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Helen Gillespie

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