Ewald and Jim, Thanks for the lead. I will look for Sara Bloch in Connecticut.  I'll see how it goes. I had the code.  I wrote the Castle Garden site twice without reply.   It's hard to understand why a site that uses a code with such an apparently specific meaning gives no reference for reading the code. Bob Teitelbaum Message: 1 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:05:34 +0200 From: "EWALD" <ewald.klein@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [A-L] Ideas Please To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F356138EE8424C7C95D48187090E54E8@kleinb96a82872> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";     reply-type=original In a message dated 15th Aug 2008 bobtbaum@verizon.netasked the meaning of the destination code used by Castle Garden and concerning Leopold Bloch  and his sister, Sara. They both arrived in New York from Valff, Alsace, France via Hamburg or Le Havre on the ship Allemannia 11 January 1869. The castlegarden.orgwebsite does not list the final destination of passengers but instead gives a code corresponding to the destination. The following site shows a table giving the meaning of various code numbers, but this list is far from complete: http://stevemorse.org/ellis/destcodes.htm The destination code for Leopold and Sarah BLOCH given by Castle Garden is the number 7328, the code of the United States. All the best from Alsace Ewald (living near Valff) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:36:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Andrews <jmjandrews@ameritech.net> Subject: Re: [A-L] Ideas Please To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <648413.89630.qm@web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Ewald, I find 7328 for the United States but also 7328 for Hartford, Connecticut, USA. ?? Might help. Regards, Jim