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From: Laurence Krupnak <>
Subject: Re: [AUSTRIA-L] Which Port
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 20:07:31 -0400
References: <6a.21210dc6.2a350fd5@aol.com> <3D03EB90.B6ECD78D@erols.com>

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I forgot to mention that prior to Ellis Island, New York was still
the major point of entry for immigrants to the US:


http://members.tripod.com/~L_Alfano/immig.htm

http://www.nps.gov/cacl/

http://community-2.webtv.net/mpetzolt2/ellisisland/

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Lavrentiy





Laurence Krupnak wrote:
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have information on the likely port for Austrian
> > (Heinrichesgruen) folks to America--departure or arrival (prior to the
> > opening of Ellis Island) in 1889?Thanks.
> > CJ
>
> *********
>
> Hello,
>
> Any number of ports could have been used to depart: the German ports
> of Hamburg or Bremen), ports of the Low Countries (like Rotterdam,
> Amsterdam, or Antwerp), French port of Havre, even Trieste on the
> Adriatic Sea, or your ancestors couyld have gone to England
> (Southhampton, Liverpool). Various US entry points could have been
> used...NY, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Galveston, etc.
>
> _______
>
> Lavrentiy Krupniak
>
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