The holocaust had not yet begun, and my family was not Hewish, yet, I can't seem to understand why they would travel across the glove to the US when they did. (Genealogy research). Thanks.
Specifically, Wistiniecz, Lithuania, which I've seen in many different spellings, like "Vistytis", etc
Well, I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was because of the "free country" "unlimited possibilities" "big money" craze that was going on.