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With many of our
ancestors emigrants, whether as the country was forming or as the immigration
wave of the early 1900s hit, we have a shared fascination with learning what life
was like for emigrants and also in the trials and tribulations of leaving their
birth country. It took my great
grandfather at least 3 attempts to be able to legally emigrate and his future
wife’s family all came over one-at-a-time.
An article
recently published in the Washington Post, “National Archives Exhibit shows
prejudices faced by immigrants over the years,” discusses some of the
challenges faced by the emigrants with regards to be allowed to emigrate.
... in the National Archives’ new exhibit on the history of the
travails of immigration, which opened Friday in the archives’ main building in
downtown Washington.
Entitled “Attachments: Faces and
Stories From America ’s
Gates,” it is a look at the difficulties and prejudices faced by immigrants
down through the years, and the harrowing roads some traveled to reach America
Told with documents, letters and
affidavits, the exhibit’s power is in its black-and-white photographs — many
blown up to huge size — of people.
Read the full article.
Did your
emigrant ancestor face challenges in their efforts to emigrate to the US
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