Of course, i spoke about my ancestors
Thanks for your explanation on the industrial revolution
I was thinking the possibilty the Napoleon's wars influence migration to France, but i have found no trace about this
I found many messages in this forum, but many are in german's spoken and i don't understand
fredrump@earthlink.net 12/05/2003 19:37:42 >>>
My parents came from Osnabrück (Germany) around the beginning of
1800's, and migrated to France. Does anyone could have an idea why he
migrated (because of war, religion, work) ? Someone else have a parent
who migrated from Germany to France by this date ? Is there a list for
migration between this two countries ? Thank you
I'm sure you meant your ancestors came from Osnabrück lest you are a
very, very old man. 
There were many emigrants who left the principality of Osnabrück. I
dodn't know if you've checked the Osnabrück archives which were under
extensive discussion here some time ago but if you haven't I would
check the list archives and then go to the relevant web site to check
this out.
The reasons people left Osnabrück were mostly economic. The weaving
industry, which had offered each individual farmer additional income,
had been replaced by the Industrial Revolution and machines mainly in
Britain. Many people could not survive on their little farms without
additional income and the children saw no future for themselves here.
Fred
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