Scott, Could this be your ancestor? Name: PaulBaumann Arrival Date: 29 May 1890 Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Gender: Male Race: German Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Ship Name: Dresden Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Page: 4 This is from ship arrivals for Baltimore. Joyce On 9/28/2012 12:27 PM, Laura Aanenson wrote: > Hi Scott, > > When do US census records say Paul arrived? I would check those to narrow > your possibilities for year of immigration. > > Many localities have records specific to the area. Are there city > directories in the community in which Paul lived? They may help narrow the > time range even further. > > Laura > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Scotty B.<wsb221@stny.rr.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> Yesterdays post in this forum from Robert Behra made me think about >> something which I would like to ask here. >> I had a relative, Paul Auguste Napoleon Baumann who was born 8/12/1862 in >> Bollwiller, France and family lore says he left Alsace for America but we >> have no date or where he landed in America etc. >> I would venture to guess that he left between 1880 and 1900 but I’m >> not sure. Is there any way in France to definitely determine when a citizen >> left France? I’m curious as to what my options are for finding him and >> where he ended up. >> >> Thank you for an honest answer on this one. >> >> Scott Baumann >> -- >> 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 > > >