The Pilgrim's Progress

An Emigrant's Itinerary

Like John Bunyan's 1678 literary work, from which the title was borrowed, and which describes an allegoric spiritual journey from this world to a better one, this website aims at presenting the different aspects of Luxembourg emigration through the account and illustration of an emigrant´s itinerary from Luxembourg to the United States. Wherever possible, care has been taken to present items and examples from Eastern Luxembourg, the Moselle River Valley, an area where emigration was particularly strong, starting in 1846.