Includes index

Emigration from Poland: When & why -- Emigration from Poland: Leaving their villages -- Emigration from Poland: Ports of departure. Breman ; Hamburg ; Le Havre ; Antwerp ; Rotterdam ; Danzig (Gdańsk)/Gdynia ; Passenger lists -- Emigration from Poland: Voyage -- Arrival in America - The ports. New York ; Baltimore ; Philadelphia ; Boston ; Galveston ; Canada -- Arrival in America - The entry process -- Beginning new life in America. Travel to final destination ; Work in America - farmers, miners, and factories ; Naturalization -- Afterword

Provides brief history of Poland and the European ports Polish immigrants used for departure and ports where they arrived. Looks at why and when Poles immigrated, why they listed that they were born in other countries on early U.S. documents and how they got here. Looks at the immigrant's life in steerage during the voyage and the examination process used to gain admittance to the United States