Hi Listmembers, While searching the web, I came accross the following site which shows an immigrant's map and guide to North Amerika dated 1853: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/agdm&CISOPTR=297&CISOBOX=1&REC=11 (Click on the map to enlarge it) The sea routes between Europe-US and the land routes in Europe and North Amerika are mentioned. The immigrant's roads between Alsace-Lorraine (Strasburg and Nancy) and the harbors are reported. Note that "Havre de Grace" is the old name of the harbor "Le Havre". The box at the bottom left gives the distances between a majority of cities, in hours (abbreviation of "Stunde" / hours in German language is "St.) and the price of each voyage (the money units are "Reinische Gulden and Kreuzer" or " Thaler and Silbergroschen'') For those interested, this map can be purchased at: http://www.worldmapsonline.com/historicalmaps/kr-1853-us.htm Have a nice weekend Ewald