My Lithuanian grandfather; from Tilsit, Kaliningrad to Bremen, Germany by train then by boat to NYC= $46.11 Dom. "Fire Sprinklers Are Green!" Save your building, save our environment. -----Original Message----- From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of C Barnes Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:32 AM To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [POLAND] How Did They Get The Resources? I know how my Grandmothers came over. One her father sent her the money. She arrived in February and he married her off in April. The second Grandmother apparently was not being treated well in her home so her Aunt took one of her cows and sold it, gave her the money and sent her off to America as a Servant girl. They found the ways Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote: My brother and I exchanged emails the past two days on a subject I hadn't considered until he asked about it. Maybe someone here can comment on it. Here's the subject: It is 1882 and, as a resident of Southeastern Poland, you have decided to go to America to pursue your future. Unfortunately, you live in a small village and are poor. How much would it cost you (US currency stated at then-year dollars is the preferred economy) to get from your village to a seaport (by train, I would presume) and then to book passage (assume steerage) to America? By what means would you be likely to accumulate the money (assuming no rich uncle is around!)? The question seemed almost trivial when he first asked it but, based on the current cost of making that trip, it poses a dilemma. Wouldn't the cost to a peasant have been out of reach? ...........Mike ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message