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East European Genealogical Society September Meeting

September 16 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free

For EEGS Members Only

Joe Gayetsky will be presenting, via Zoom, on Before the Boat – Exploring the practicalities of tickets, train travel, ports and the shipping industry at the turn of the 20th century.

Joe Gayetsky, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with degrees in History and Engineering, has researched extensively into understanding the practicalities of the emigrant experience.

After planning visits to his ancestral villages throughout Slovakia, Joe began to think of their journey in an entirely different way. He required a smartphone, translator, GPS and rental car so how did they undertake theirs? Instead of thinking of their journey beginning with a boat ride he couldn’t help but ask myself, “How did they get to the boat?” This talk will examine the structures and systems that made it feasible for so many immigrants to leave their remote villages for America mainly looking at ticket agents, train routes, emigrant halls and changes in the shipping industry.

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  • Online via Zoom