My fahter's parents, who lived in Lovrec, Imotski, traveled from Trieste. I guess it was closer - just a burro ride down the mountain to the Adriadic, then to Split, and by train to Trieste (which they still call "Trst.) I guess they can't afford vowels. Andrija -----Original Message----- >From: "Donald A. Martinich" <dutchm@dcn.org> >Sent: Feb 20, 2007 6:54 PM >To: croatia@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CROATIA] CROATIA Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28 > >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:56:40 -0800 >>From: "L. Novasel" <nimbler@mindspring.com> >>Subject: Re: [CROATIA] NOVOSEL in Karlovac >>To: Andrija <hrvat@earthlink.net>, croatia@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <3EAE692A-C12D-11DB-97E5-000A95D1E4BE@mindspring.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >>Andrija, >>As a newcomer to Croatian research I'm only assuming that the same >>context applies there as elsewhere in Europe. >>Le Havre was a pivotal trading center in the years our ancestors filed >>for emigration. I understand there was a circular route, making optimum >>use of the ships. Cotton leaving from New Orleans for instance was >>routed to London where the cargo was unloaded. The ship then loaded >>trade goods destined for Le Havre, unloaded again, and took aboard >>human cargo bound for America, completing the trade circle for the >>shipping company. >> >>The contractor or travel organizer went into the villages, signed up >>our emigrating great grandmothers and grandfathers, then escorted them >>to the shipper's home port, with whom he in turn had contracted. My >>guess is that they traveled up the rivers avoiding trouble spots in the >>years preceding the war. Interesting Trieste wasn't utilized, but >>hazarding another guess, there was most likely not trade material in >>sufficient quantity to make the route profitable. Presumably the >>political- economic instability would have guaranteed that. Just >>speculation though. >> >>Nina > >Actually, Trieste was a port of embarkation. I just don't think it >had anywhere the tonnage that came in and out of Le Havre. My father >and his family arrived at Ellis Island on the SS Martha Washington, >which was operated out of Trieste by Unione Austriaca from 1908 to >1914. After WW1, she transferred to the Italian owned Cosulich >Lines, also of Trieste, and continued the New York run through the >20's. Incidentally, the Cosulich family originated in Mali Losinj. > >Don > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message