According to a book I recently read on the history of Slovakia, Pittsburgh and Cleveland were two large pockets of Slovakian Slavs. In fact there were two Pacts put together in support of Slovakia's independence called the Pittsburgh Pact and the Cleveland pact. Apparently they migrated to those particular towns because of opportunities in industry and others followed where they could be with fellow natives that knew the culture and spoke the language. My grandparents ended up in Pittsburgh. On Tue, 27 May 1997 07:40:19 -0500, you wrote: >In many cases, I have seen someone write > ">Those who immigrated in the early 1880's came to the coal mining area >>of central PA. Some then went to the Chicago area ..." >Why? I know about the coal mines in central PA. But why there, or >Chicago? (As opposed to New York City, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, or >somewhere else?) I *know* they went where there were jobs, but why *those* >jobs? Why *those* areas? >Was there an organized effort? I know there was the effort to get >Polish/Russian Jews to enter the US through Galveston, TX, and then settle >in Texas, Colorado, etc. Was there such an effort in Galicia to assist >Polish Catholics? My grandfather-in-law KAMYKOWSKI came through Baltimore, >and moved to Minersville, PA. Why did he go through Baltimore, stay with a >family named JENKINS (doesn't sound like *they* were relatives), and move? >Why did his cousin enter Baltimore, and go directly to Chicago? >Can we discuss some of the cultural/societal issues? Can we discuss some >of the 'color' - some of the 'fabric' of these immigrations? These people >were more than names and dates and descendants. >Ralph Lewis, Harrisburg, PA - rllewis@usa.net (also RalphLewis@aol.com) >***** Researching these families: (Genealogy is my hobby) >CHATCHKALEVITZ/KHATCHKALOVITZ >(Latvia,Vilna,Svencionys,SouthAfrica,Silale,Kovno,MA) >BRUKARZ/BROOKS, ROCHAKOVSKY/ROCKOFSKAYA/ROCKOFF >JACUBOVICZ/JACOBSON (Pultusk,Lomza), SALANT, RUDNITZKY, MATZKIN >ROSEN (Switzerland, Poland[Pultusk?] ,Russia), SCZUPAK/LEWIS/LOUIS, >STENBECK(sp?) >KAMYKOWSKI, LENAR/LENART >---------- >How well do *you* know Macintosh? Check out the EvangeList web site at: ><http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/>