The same situation applied to the early settlers' in New Zealand with the Maori race. Most were driven away by religious bigotry, but don't ask the names of those religion's, too numerous!. Dafur is a modern day type. Les. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Luhmann" <cluhmann@ec.rr.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] courage > I agree and often wonder what drove these people to leave their homeland. I > found, in a ship passenger book, a Luhmann family of 1 mother and 6 children > coming in to Philadelphia in 1848. They were then going to the Dakotas, at > least most of the way by wagon. I wouldn't want to take 6 children on an > airplane trip to Europe. But I guess they were well-behaved in those days. > > I'm certainly glad they made the effort even if many died in the trying. > > Conrad > > Conrad Luhmann > 910-799-2139 > cluhmann@ec.rr.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maria > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:47 PM > To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] courage > > > I know that 100+ years ago, if I would have had to travel west in the USA, > in a covered wagon, with Indians, wolves, weather, etc., I probably would > have been buried out on the prairie before the end of the journey. > > Maria > > > > >> Next time we want to get a sense of how difficult it might have been > >> to > >> be > >> understood, try translating a document written in German of any other > >> language besides your native tongue (and without a dictionary or COMPUTER > >> translation program.) I think these folks were down right heroic to leave > >> everything they knew to travel to a new land when they didn't have cable > >> TV > >> broadcasting the landscape or opportunities here. Somehow they made it > >> without cellphones, cable, High speed internet, planes, trains, and > >> automobiles. I am still in awe of their courage and sheers guts. > >> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message