Prior to writing these blogs, the extent of my knowledge regarding my family’s migration story and the history of Polish migration was extremely limited. I knew that my great-grandparents migrated to America from Poland; however, the reasons and circumstances under which they migrated were unknown to me. Although both of my grandparents passed away last …
Assimilation and Identification
Contexts of Exit and Reception As I have previously found, my relatives came to the United States during a time when many Poles were migrating. Many Poles left for a better income due to economic and agricultural problems. The immigrants from Poland were typically landless peasants who went into unskilled labor or farming after migrating …
References
American Immigration Council. 2016. “Did My Family Really Come ‘Legally’?” American Immigration Council. Retrieved September 16, 2018. (https://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/did-my-family-really-come-legally-todays-immigration-laws-created-a-new-reality). Berder, Celia, and Adam A. Zych. 2005. “Immigration Incarnate: Elderly Polish Immigrants and Ethnics Demonstrate the History of an Immigration and Its Effects on Social Class.” Polish American Studies 62:43-51. Family Search. 2018. "Family Tree." Retrieved September 20, 2018. (https://www.familysearch.org). …
From Poland to America
My Great-Grandparents I chose to write my family migration blog about the ancestors on my dad’s side of the family. His parents were both Polish, and their parents migrated from Poland to the United States. This part of my heritage was easy for me to decide upon as aspects of Polish culture remain central in …
Jamie's Family Migration Blog 