>From: "John D. & Peggy Ledrich" <[email protected]> > >Hi Lists, > I would like to know what port was likely used to depart from the >area of Canton Bern, Switzerland, in order to get to the United States >in the year 1852. Would it have been more convenient to go to France, >Germany, or Italy? My BOTTERON ancestors (from Nods, on the French border in canton Bern) went to Le Havre, France, in order to go to the U.S. in 1855. They are listed in _Germans_to_America_; you might want to look in those books if you haven't. >From looking at passenger lists, apparently Le Havre was a popular port of departure. Was there a railroad between there and Switzerland? Carol Botteron <[email protected]>