Some questions have been raised about how their ancestors got from various areas to ports of embarkation. On your computer, punch in "Early German trains" You will be surprised at how some (mit gelt) were able to travel. Many others used canal routes and many, many others, just walked. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)

I too was curious about travel and eventually found this brilliant timelapse map of German railway development: Eisenbahnen in Deutschland 1835-1885 http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/mapsp/mapebga0.htm On 29/07/2008, at 8:17 AM, WMFHLNGR@aol.com wrote: > Some questions have been raised about how their ancestors got > from various areas to ports of embarkation. > > On your computer, punch in "Early German trains" You will > be surprised at how some (mit gelt) were able to travel. Many others > used canal routes and many, many others, just walked. > > Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey > > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >