On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:04:09 EDT DmRice@aol.com writes: >I too would like to know why my ancestors from Pfalz and Rhennish Hessen >chose to embark at LeHavre. Maybe the French border, being closer, was easier to get to for a variety of reasons. >. . .The FEIGELs from Bellheim traveled there by way of Paris. I couldn't find Bellheim on my fairly current Autoatlas and may not exsist any more. Snip . . . >I am not sure how the GRIESS family from Kircheimbolanden or the nearby >DECKER cousins came - Havre is the only port with which I can connect. I found a slightly different spelling - KIRCHHEIMBOLANDEN (with two H's) but it's near Kaiserslauten, in the area you are asking about. >It looks so much simpler just to go up the Rhine - Why didnt they? Actually, it would be down the Rhein. It flows northwest into Holland and empties around Rotterdam into the Northsea. That might have been more difficult in those days. Herb. herbpalm@juno.com herbpalm@flash.net Albuquerque, New Mexico Please visit my "Genealogy" web page at: http://www.flash.net/~herbpalm ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.