_http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/your-family-belongs -in-a_b_516258.html_ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/your-family-belongs-in-a_b_516258.html) The Belgian Red Star Line is seeking stories of emigrants to the US who left Europe from Antwerp. They may include quite a number of Ethnic German men who were avoiding the draft or who were leaving their homeland (Bohemia as an example) without having fulfilled their military obligation -- deserters, men still in reserves, draft dodgers, etc. Antwerp did not check Germans for travel passports during the early years and many men escaped via Red Star Lines. The stories they get may end up in the new museum in Antwerp that is due to open in the spring of 2012. If you know your ancestor traveled out of Antwerp, contact the museum if you have stories to submit. e-mail: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected] n.be) tel. +32 3 206 03 50 (9:00-16:00 CET) website: _www.redstarline.org_ (http://www.redstarline.org) Karen

Gee, Karen. I have ancestors who came on a Red Star line ship out of Antwerp. Please tell me not all were dodging draft or military obligation. I regard Megan Smolelnyak-Smolenyak as an authority. Does the url imply she is advertising this particular opportunity on the HuffPost? I will be looking for another source for information on this opportunity. If you know of another one, I would be most appreciative. Barbara Boucher ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:06 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Antwerp emigration museum seeks emigre stories > _http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/your-family-belongs > -in-a_b_516258.html_ > (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/your-family-belongs-in-a_b_516258.html) > > The Belgian Red Star Line is seeking stories of emigrants to the US who > left Europe from > Antwerp. > > They may include quite a number of Ethnic German men who were avoiding > the draft or who were leaving their homeland (Bohemia as an example) > without having > fulfilled their military obligation -- deserters, men still in reserves, > draft dodgers, etc. > > Antwerp did not check Germans for travel passports during the early years > and many > men escaped via Red Star Lines. > > The stories they get may end up in the new museum in Antwerp that is due > to > open in the spring of 2012. > > If you know your ancestor traveled out of Antwerp, contact the museum if > you have > stories to submit. > > e-mail: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected] > n.be) > tel. +32 3 206 03 50 (9:00-16:00 CET) > website: _www.redstarline.org_ (http://www.redstarline.org) > Karen > 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