marianne.handler@... wrote:

I am hoping to discover as much of the social history of the period -- 1870
forward. What was life like for the Jews of the period. What kind of
work might have been available.

I recommend the book "The Wayfarers" by Stuart Tower. It is a
fictionalized account of the Fusgeyers that left Romania between 1900
and 1914, and gives insight into what life was like back home.

[I have no interest in the aforementioned book, other than being a satisfied
reader]

Regards,
David Oseas

Researching:
HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York
KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles
OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York
SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles STECKER: New York > Florida
WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles