I have a similiar question about my Swiss ancestors... 1856 from Fideris, Prattageau Valley, GR to LaHavre to New York arriving May 21, 1856. With GreatGreatGrandparents were 9 children from ages 18 down to 10 months plus GGGrandma was 7 months pregnant... Couldn't have been a leasurely trip with a total of 572 passengers on the Ticonderoga.. Thanks Chuck Niggley (Niggli -- Swiss spelling) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Rothenbuhler" <rrothenbuhler@Austin.rr.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:16 AM Subject: Mode of Travel > Hi List, > With all this talk about the mode of travel that our ancestors took, > would anyone know the mode of travel for my ancestors. They lived in the > Lützelflüh, Grünenmatt, and Lauperswil areas, im Emmental, Canton Berne. > They left from Le Havre, France to America. Arrived 23 April 1855 at the > wharf's of Manhattan as Castle Garden and Ellis Island did not exist at > that time. What I would like to know is their mode of travel from their > small village to Le Havre, and any other info about their journey. > > thanks, > robert > rrothenbuhler@austin.rr.com > > ______________________________

Hello, I had a relative who left Kanton Thurgau around 1837 and emigrated to the Black Forest in Baden. Does anyone have an idea what route may have been taken? What was the mode of transportation from Switzerland to Germany in the first half of the 19th century? He gave up his Swiss citizenship and married in Obersimonswald northeast of Freiburg. Thank you, Susan Biedron