Helen, The information was in front of us all from the beginning, as is seen in this sketch from the CDHF site: http://www.cdhf.net/fr/index.php?t=bases&d=bases%2Fnotices&c=notices&f=selection&p=&order=uid&order2=1&motcle=&nom1=zinck "Le listing des passeports déjà cité, réalisé par Dominique DREYER, nous informe que François Joseph ZINCK cordonnier de Sausheim demanda en 1844 l'autorisation d'émigrer vers Cincinnati. Natif de Wittenheim, il quitta l'Alsace avec sa femme et leurs deux enfants." Robert Behra -----Original Message----- From: Robert Behra <robtbehra@aol.com> To: alsace-lorraine <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 27, 2012 12:44 pm Subject: Re: [A-L] Which Muhlhausen are the ZINCK Family from? Helen, ZINCK François Joseph 57 cordonnier Wittenheim / Sausheim sa femme et ses 2 enf . C 8 oct . 1844 Cincinnati 11 oct . 1844 This is taken from Dominique Dreyer's book Émigrants haut-rhinois en Amérique 1800-1870 (also called Liste nominative des haut-rhinois ayant émigré en Amérique entre 1800 et 1870). What it says is that François Joseph Zinck, aged 57, a shoemaker, born in Wittenheim and living in Sausheim, received a passport dated Colmar 8 Oct 1844, destination Cincinnati, for himself, his wife and two children, and they left (whether this means they left home or left France I don't know) 11 Oct 1844. In Sausheim records you will find a marriage 22 Apr 1844 between: François Joseph Zinck, aged 25, shoemaker born in Sausheim, son of Joseph Zinck, shoemaker, and Thérèse Enderlin all residents of Sausheim and Thérèse Graff, aged 27, living in Bantzenheim [she signed the record "Theresia Graf"] born in Bantzenheim, daughter of Joseph Graff, farmer (who died in Bantzenheim 31 Jan 1829) and Marie Anne Cronenberger (who died in Bantzenheim 4 Feb 1834) Witnesses: Antoine Stehlin, aged 46, tailor Antoine Hürtiger, aged 33, weaver, first cousin of the groom Séraphin Tischmacher, aged 26, barrel maker, also first cousin of the groom François Antoine Zinck, aged 34, shoemaker, brother of the groom, living in Grentzingen the first three witness all living in Sausheim That brother who appears as a witness was himself married in Sausheim 1 Aug 1842, to Anne Marie Billand of Grentzingen. François Joseph Zinck was born in Sausheim 13 Jul 1818 at 8am to Joseph Zinck, aged 30, shoemaker, and his wife Thérèse Enderlin. That couple was married in Sausheim 24 Apr 1809: François Joseph Zinck, shoemaker born in Wittenheim 15 Sep 1787, son of François Antoine Zinck, shoemaker, and Magdeleine Bihl, both living in Wittenheim and Therese Enderlin born in Sausheim 29 May 1788, daughter of Thiebaud Enderlin, shoolteacher (who died in Sausheim 27 Feb 1788, making his daughter posthumous), and Catherine Sohler This should get you started. You ought to be able to find this family (the elder Joseph and Thérèse, their two sons and presumably the two daughters-in-law, though they aren't specified in the passport entry) coming in on a ship in December 1844 or January 1845. Robert Behra -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message