hummm you didnt get an answer.... maybe it was because you tagged on to another email? with a bad subject.... anyway, here is what i would suspect..... since i do have a llittle info on this.... meno would have been reached likely via the great lakes.... so as i noted before ny to hudson to erie to buffalo to great lakes to meno which at that time was marquette unless they took the route that would have taken them to escanaba which was fully operating in 1860..... meno was part of marq county in the early days and i dont rightly remember the date that marq qas split into several counties... you can check the gen webs for the dates.... then from meno to chicagoland without doubt would have been via the chicao and northwestern rr which was regulaly used to visit the world fair in 1893 with special excursion prices and hotel benefits for those who were fairgoers... others would merely pay the price of the ticket if they wer going to the big city.... now you say lemont but lemont was really part of the chicago AREA and i suspect that they would have gone there if the father was looking for work... dont bypas the possiblility that he worked for the CNW and moved to the big city of chicagoland as part of his job.... cnw has/had stations and yards in the area and allthru chicago so he could have worked there just like he might have in meno.... have you checked with the cnw historical group...(google it) and did you know that there is a yhahoo group on cnw....(get on to yahoo and check the groups for it..it is new but they will welcome your queries...and anyone who knows railroad people knows that you will get a big bang for your buck if they know anything!!!!) so now you know how they got to and from.... you should know that in the 1890's mid andlate that cnw moved a LOT of employees to chicagoland... it was more of loose a job.... working for the rr was the one job that no one ever wanted to lose... and for those who worked on the rr in the depression (and 1890's had a bit of a depression, not like 1929 but still a depression) always had cash money.... it was not unless someone died on the rr or was injured on the rr that there were problems for the family... but while working for hem, they were well paid and well taken care of.... regardless of the job level they were at...everyone on the rr made a liveable wage.... On 10/17/05, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I've asked this question before but did not get an answer-my gparents landed > in NY in 189l lived in Menominee,Michigan,I am sure,.from 1892 to 1894 and > then to Lemont and then to Cnicago-how did they travel to each of the places and > when? Their names are Max and Rosa Weintraub. > Rose > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >