The Great Migration — #Genealogy #Ships #Immigration

Stanczyk thinks that the remainder of 2017 will be about working with distant cousins and on immigration, particularly what I can get from NARA/USCIS.

So today lets examine the immigration paths during the Great Migration (1880-1920, EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION: 1880-1920), when some 20 Million immigrants legally immigrated to the US. This is not to be confused with the waves of African American migration within the USA.

Today's map is of origin 1853 and comes from the US Library of Congress:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701e.ct000244/

Wordless Wednesday — Philadelphia 1913

Dateline — Philadelphia’s Ellis Island 1913 — Emigration to Philadelphia peaked in 1913. Good thing for this jester, as my aunt Alice (Aleksandra) and my Busia (grandmother) arrived September 15th, 1913.

100 years later her grandson is here! Full circle.  Eliasz in America.

Ship Arrivals

15 – September – 1913 – Prinz Adalbert

Philadelphia Inquirer 9/15/1913 – Ship Arrivals

Ship Manifest

1st Court Appearance of Tsarnaev — #Law, #History, #Crime

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Джохар царнаев ) had his first court appearance from his hospital bed. The transcript is a fascinating study in American Law.

apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/transcript-of-suspects-bedside-hearing/413

The sad saga continues …

Previous Article(s):
The Sad Saga of the Tsarnaevich

 

P.S.

Dzhokhar (Jokhar) is the Naturalized citizen.

From Pacanow Poland to Birchgrove, New South Wales, Australia — #Genealogy, #Polish, #Immigration

Stanczyk always loves finding something unusual or unexpected. I guess that is just my eternal boyish wonder of finding/unearthing a treasure. Immigration or the diaspora of Polish citizens about the globe holds a fascination for me. It is a difficult puzzle to solve for your own ancestors. So if I unexpectedly find something else in an unexpected place for another Polish genealogist then I feel compelled to post it in my blog.

Dateline – 22 September, 1954 – Birchgrove, New South Wales, Australia. As a fluke while researching some cholera pandemics, I decided to see if there was any news in this Historical Australian Newspaper website from the Biechow/Pacanow area. To my wonder, I spied a hidden jewel in these far away shores. Up popped, an “advertisement”. Shoot, I was hoping for something historical, not something mercantile. Oh well, lets just see what these Aussies have about Pacanow, shall we?

What did I find? No it was not for me (although it is an affiliated family, so who knows). Click on the image if you wish to follow along … (transcription follows):

I, JOZEF PIOTROWSKI, born in Pacanow, Poland, resident 5 years in Australia, now residing at 39 Wharf Rd. Birchgrove. N.S.W.. Intend to apply for Naturalisation under the Nationality and Citzenship[sic] Act, 1948-1953.

Well, Well, an affiliated family member from my ancestral village (Pacanow) declaring his intention to become a citizen of Australia (NSW=New South Wales state) post World War II.

Source: Trove Digitised Newspapers – The Sydney Morning Herald (22 September 1954)