Jim, It's a great question and I will be watching for a response. My grandparents are believed to have come from near Prague in 1868, ending up in Chicago where they married in 1879. Since they were approximately 12 years old in 1868, I assume they came with their respective families, but perhaps boys might have traveled alone, seeking work and a better life in America? Elaine James J Kallal wrote: > I want to describe how my Bohemian emigrant family may > have traveled from southern Bohemia near Milevsko > to their embarkation port of Bremen Germany in the Fall of 1853. > > To travel to Prague along or /on the Vlatva is a realistic assumption. > then what options where available to them to travel to Bremen? > > When did railways FIRST link Prague or any other part of the Bohemian > region > with the port of > > Bremen /Bremerhaven? > > Hamburg? > > Were there any steamboats on the waterways at this time? > > Facts solicited. > Opinions entertained. > > Jim in CA