A while back on this forum it was mentioned that a lot of new data from Ellis Island and other places was being made public due to the hard work of many geneologists and others. I just found, after years of searching, the recently published Veendam ship passenger list for the Zimbrick and Karsky families who left Bohemia in the 1860's for the Crimea then to the USA in 1894 by way of Rotterdam. So, if you been seaching for these families or other Bohemian families coming to America, there is a lot of new data out there. I found my info thru Ancestry.com. Dick Zimbrick

Dear Dick: Congratulation on a REAL BREAKTHROUGH..... yes all descendants of immigrants can admire the efforts their ancestors put into their immigration to America. It was probably far harder with Conestoga wagons to the West. But even "newer" times were mass transportation was already available were not easy either. Everything considered, the very best about it is, that the efforts of your ancestry has spared their following generations the hunger years and miseries of two world wars in Europe. For that alone you can give thanks in your remembrance. I am happy that you have shared your findings with us and it is good to know that new material is becoming available as time goes by. Well done, Dick, you really used all information presented to you. We are proud of you and share your break through! Aida --------------------------------------- On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:35 AM, dick zimbrick <[email protected]> wrote: > A while back on this forum it was mentioned that a lot of new data from > Ellis Island and other places was being made public due to the hard work of > many geneologists and others. I just found, after years of searching, the > recently published Veendam ship passenger list for the Zimbrick and Karsky > families who left Bohemia in the 1860's for the Crimea then to the USA in > 1894 by way of Rotterdam. So, if you been seaching for these families or > other Bohemian families coming to America, there is a lot of new data out > there. I found my info thru Ancestry.com. Dick Zimbrick > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >