Category: immigration
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Why leave your homeland? The many and varied personal reasons can be generalized as: One example of a “push factor” is described in this blog about Mecklenburg, a region in the eastern portion of Germany. Between 1820 and 1890, new laws freed the serfs from their land without specifying where they should live. To marry,…
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Recently my family and I watched a stage production of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. In it, the milkman Tevye describes some of their traditions in their Jewish village (shtetl), which the residents try to maintain in the face of changing times. Most reviews will mention the changing social norms, but the larger context…
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Here is a great resource I just ran across. If we want to know what we can learn about our immigrant ancestors, we need to know a bit about the laws in place at the time they came
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As part of America250, FamilySearch is encouraging people to discover their place in America’s history. Once you create an account on FamilySearch (which is always free), you add stories and memories of your ancestors to the shared Family Tree on FamilySearch. A central part of America’s history is that we are, as stated the title…