I am wondering if anyone can explain how Jewish families such as my late
great-grandparents, Solomon and Sarah Abrahamovich and their 3 children
would have travelled from Dvinsk to London in 1895? Also are there any maps
which might show the route they might have taken? Any ideas would be most
appreciated.

Ms Terry Ashton, Australia
PRASHKER-Kalisz; SZUMOWSKI-Lomza; WAJNGOT-Poland; WIERZBOWICZ-Poland;
GOLDMAN-Poland; SEGAL-SEGALOVITCH-Vilna; ABRAHAMOVICH/GOLTZ-Latvia

Libau in Latvia was the port used to cross the Baltic. See the University of Hull's work on this.

Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK

They most likely went from the port of Libau.  There was a rail line that went from Dvinsk to Riga. That trip took about 5 hours. There was another rail line that went from Riga to Libau. (Or they might have gone by wagon- that part was a short trip.) From there they took a ship to England. There are sites online showing old rail routes in Europe. (I'm sorry but unfortunately I don't have access to my notes for the next few days-I am in transit-otherwise I would be able to give you more info.) But if you Google this you should be able to find the maps of the rail lines.

Although travel from Dvinsk to the ports in Germany was possible - there were border crossings into Germany, which required various documents making crossing
difficult. Libau was within the same country. There were no impediments to travel. 

Judy Winstan Brandspigel
Montreal, Canada

Researching  BLACHER, VINOKUR, KATSEFF  from Dvinsk

Thanks for this tidbit -- it (probably) explains why my family living in Romny all emigrated via Hamburg when I was expecting to see Libau due to the Romny-Libau train!

Juliana Berland (France)

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Galicia: BADER, BADIAN, FELDMANN, FREIDENHEIM/FREUDENHEIM, GERTLER, VIENER * Germany: ADELSDORFER, BÄR/BAER, EPSTEINN, HAUSSMAN, ISSAK, MEYER, MOSES, ROSENSTEIN * Romania: HORNSTEIN * Russia: AMBURG, BENIN/BERLAND, BERKOVICH/BERKOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GELBURD/GOLDBERG/GAYLBURD/GILBERT