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From: "C. Victor Evins" <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN-L] Re: Kr. Ko"nigsberg, Bra. to Posen
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 16:30:35 -0400


Dear Joel,

Thanks for your prompt response. This is encouraging even though I know
the research will be difficult.

Yes, I do have some knowledge of the German language, and I am sure that
will be a help.

A couple of simple questions:

1) My Victor ancestors were Jewish. Were the Jewish people a
significant part of this migration?

2) Over what time period did the migration occur?

3) What were the historic driving forces for the migration?

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,

Vic

wrote:
>
> >The records in
> > Philadelphia say variously that they were from Prussia, Brandenburg or
> > Berlin. Other immigrants in their burial plot came from Kustrin.
> >
> > However, it has always puzzled me that the oral family tradition is that
> > they came from Alsace-Lorraine. Sounds like it might be part of the
> > same pattern. What do others think?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Vic
> >
> Dear Vic,
> Yes, it does sound right. But it may be difficult to trace. First,
> you'll need to find out as much about your ancestors going back as far
> as possible in Kuestrin. Then you'll have to learn as much as possible
> about the settlement of the Kuestrin area. Then you'll have to learn
> as much as possible about emigration from Alcase-Lorraine. Then you'll
> have to learn about the colonization efforts of Friedrich der Grossen
> and Friedrich Wilhelm I. In any case, you'll have to brush up on your
> German. If all this sounds difficult, well, it is. But even if you
> don't get all the way back to Alsace, what you learn in the meantime
> will mean alot to you.
>
> If you do speak German, a very short, very well written book that you
> may be interested in is "Der Oderbruch" by one of Germany's greatest
> authors, Theodor Fontane. In this book Fontane describes the Oder
> River and its history as he travels from Frankfurt/O. to Kuestrin to
> Schwedt.
> Reagrds, Joel Streich
>
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