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- From: oberste@fcs260c.ncifcrf.gov (Oberste)
- Subject: Re: Emigration Routes
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:36:39 GMT
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- In article <23JAN93.20050066.0076.MUSIC@NEMOMUS> "Robert J. Behnen" <AD38%NEMOMUS.bitnet@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU> writes:
- >Over the weekend I have acquired some information
- >that I was hoping you could help me sort out. It
- >appears that several Behnen families lived in the
- >Emsland (the area surrounding the Ems river by the
- >German/Dutch boarder by the Hannover and Westfalen
- >boarders of Germany).
- >
- >Questions
- >
- >1) Which is the most likely emigration route they
- >would have taken? It seems to me that the possibilities
- >were Hamburg and Bremen with the latter being closer
- >to the general area. What were the Dutch emigration ports?
- >
- >2) I know where I can look to check Hamburg Passenger Lists.
- >However, does Bremen have a list of passengers through their
- >port? Where can I go to check them if so?
- >
- >I would appreciate any input/suggestions you might have.
- >
-
- My OBERSTEs are from that general area, in Westfalen, somewhat east of
- Essen. What about the prospect of travelling down the Rhein from Essen
- or on of the other industrial centers in that area, through the Netherlands
- (maybe stopping, maybe not?) to the sea?
-
- -Steve
-
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