Who: Joe Gayetsky, hosted by the Carpatho-Rusyn Society
What: Talk—”Before the Boat – Exploring the Practicalities of Tickets, Train Travel, Ports and the Shipping Industry at the Turn of the 20th Century”
When: November 21, 2024 / 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83547441548
After planning visits to his ancestral villages throughout Slovakia, Joe Gayetsky began to think of their ancestors’ journey in an entirely different way. He required a smartphone, translator, GPS and rental car. So, how did they undertake their travels without this technology? Instead of thinking of their journey beginning with a boat ride, Gayetsky asked himself, “How did they get to the boat?”
This talk will examine the structures and systems that made it feasible for so many Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants to leave their remote villages for America mainly looking at ticket agents, train routes, emigrant halls and changes in the shipping industry.
Questions? Contact Karen Varian: kvarian@c-rs.org
Joe Gayetsky, a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in History, has researched extensively into understanding the practicalities of the emigrant experience. His work is centered mainly on building a greater understanding of the practical aspect of their lived experiences. With Great-Grandparents of Slovak, Rusyn and Hungarian origin he has been able to compare and contrast the many different routes of travel taken by his ancestors in leaving their villages and venturing to America.
