How did They Come Over?

[kaima]

By ship, you might say, and by using agents to assist with the many complexities. Here is one postcard for an agent in NY, showing the ship Aquitania:



If you know the ship and wish to learn a bit more, check out
stevemorse.org/ellis/pictures.html

"Great Ships" seems to offer quite a complete colection of photos, on the ships, and www.greatoceanliners.net a great writeup.

Experiment and see what you find.

Kai

[jimpres]

Also the Ellis Island website has pictures of many ships you can purchase.

Jim

[justjohn]

My folks came over on the 'M/S Batory' in 1936.

[kaima]

Ahh ... Steve Morse has done it again. I should have also included this great reference, and recommended that you do try each option in turn. I got a wide variety and very informative resuts. Enjoy!

stevemorse.org/ellis/pictures.html

Kai