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Susan's avatar

Thank you for this, and for all of your stories. I have followed this series and the last with great interest. My husband’s great grandparents emigrated from Russia, Galicia and Hungary in the late 1800’s, so I have learned a great deal from your research. Many thanks!

Fran Davis's avatar

Aw thank you so much Susan! I am looking forward to telling their immigration stories at some point. They came from Belarus and Ukraine - what was Russia at the time.

Dallas▫️'s avatar

Amazing, Fran!! I loved the old advertisements too - there is something about those that always make the moment they came from seem more real. I love that Anne was allowed to decide her own path and explore her own thoughts - I think that may have been very rare in that era?!

The region my family came from had a monthly Photo News that has been mostly digitised. I love searching out names in it and finding out what dress my great-nana wore to a fancy event or how my grandad was fined again for cycling at night without a light. They even advertised when people were travelling away out of town for a holiday! The times seem so much simpler and so sweet because of that.

Fran Davis's avatar

It was such fun to look through the papers! I love all the old ads and personal stories too. Sounds like your grandad was a real troublemaker! 😂

Dallas▫️'s avatar

Lol I grew up believing he was. Turns out his legal infringements and court appearances were mostly around a stupid bicycle 😂

Donna Druchunas's avatar

I have so much of this to do! I've been working on getting my family to the states. Now that I have most of those records and dates handled, I'm listing out all the addresses they lived and worked at so I can map out lives. I'm working on one small section of the family at a time. I did do some thinking -- a really brief overview and so much to dig deeper into -- about where they lived in this "chapter": https://drucomics.substack.com/p/golem-immigrants-of-ny

Fran Davis's avatar

Love it! Thank you for the link. Your work is so unique and fun!

Donna Druchunas's avatar

Thanks!

John Cass's avatar

Great write up Fran, really enjoyed reading it, all of the extra details about what life was like for your grandmother during this time.

Fran Davis's avatar

Thanks John! I appreciate your advice on this series. Looking forward to zooming out further to the region next week.