Hello - That's an interesting subject, Percentile of Polish immigrants in the Columbus area based on Old World residence. I don't think that such statistics are available, or if it is, I have never seen it. If someone does find it, please post it here for information. Included should be those Poles whose land was occupied by Russia. Interesting. Still in mourning for COLUMBO Tomasz On Jul 5, 2011, at 11:20 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Karen..........I don't know if this info will help, but it will give you an idea of all the partitions going on in Poland and Eastern Europe. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/areas.html > > > At the time our ancestors from Poland started coming here in droves , I would say that land, and work, were what brought them, as well as knowing others who had come before. Just like now! > Also, the constant wars, but by the late 1880's the railroads were canvassing alot of villages to entice new laborers, as well as the churches, who were involved in the immigration too. > One of my grandfathers came from the same village as Marge's but stopped off in Detroit for a few years. I still don't know who it was that he knew that made him continue on to Columbus. KathyB > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > > ------------------------------- > 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