[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] [Fwd: Re: Journey to Canada via Liepaja, Latvia, then Liverpool, England, and finally Montreal, Canada]

[Jack Milner]

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Subject: 	Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Journey to Canada via Liepaja, 
Latvia, then Liverpool, England, and finally Montreal, Canada
Date: 	Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:31:10 -0700
From: 	Jack Milner <wjmilner at shaw.ca>
To: 	Wilma Schultz <LydiaEm at shaw.ca>
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Hello Wilma,

The British conducted a major business transporting immigrants from 
northern European ports by ship to Hull, England where they traveled by 
train to Liverpool and thence onward by ship to the US, Canada and other 
parts of the world. By 1907, migration via the UK was a fully integrated 
business that was cheap, effective and profitable for the organizations 
involved.   If your browser supports it, click on either of the links below.

Indirect passage from Europe  - Transmigration via the UK, 1836-1914 
<http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conJmrArticle.28>
or
http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conJmrArticle.28

This paper is an examination of those European migrants who made the 
decision to travel to the US and further afield indirectly via the UK. 
Nicholas J. Evans, University of Hull / National Maritime Museum.

Yours truly,

Jack Milner
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Wilma Schultz wrote:

>Hi all, I was wondering if you could give me some direction with the following. 
>
>I guess I have had the following information for years, tucked away in some old typed documents about my Stege family's journey to Canada, but only just today, did I read it in detail, only to realize that my Stege family, did not journey through Hamburg, but rather left a port in Liepaja, Latvia, for Liverpool, England, and then on to Montreal Canada in 1899. They originated from Tomaszow, near Anielweka, Vohlynia, Russia. Was this commonly done? to travel from this port? Does anyone have any idea if I can find ship records? leaving Liepaja?
>Thanks for your help.
>Wilma.
>
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