Journey Beyond the Narrows: A Family History

Journey Beyond the Narrows explores the history of an American family whose origin is traced to eleven immigrants who arrived in America in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. These individuals came through the Narrows into upper New York Harbor to begin their American journey. They were escaping famine in Ireland, poverty, political oppression, or lack of opportunity—or all three combined in Finland, Germany, and Scotland. Journey Beyond the Narrows does not provide just names and facts ab...