John, I knew the Arndt and Volker came on the same ship. I have not been able to trace the Drewes but thought they came on the same ship. I assumed this because the three families keep popping up at the same time. I tried to get a copy of the manifest but failed. Be interested to see the advertisement you speak of. Thanks Albert -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-se-germans-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-se-germans-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Heinemann Sent: Friday, 25 June 2010 12:14 PM To: aus-qld-se-germans@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SEQ-Germans] AUS-QLD-SE-GERMANS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 113 Message 4 Albert The Arndts and Volkers came on the 1861-62 voyage of the Caesar Godeffroy. I am in the process of acquiring a book about this voyage (They Came Direct: Immigration Vessels to Queensland: Caesar Godeffroy 1862) - if it is still available. The Drew(e)s came on the 1862-63 voyage almost exactly a year later. I have a copy of the advertisement placed by Heussler and Francksen in The Courier newspaper on 23 February 1863 that lists the passengers on the voyage of the Caesar Godeffroy that departed Hamburg on 1 Dec 1862. I have not seen such an advertisement for other voyages. Included in the list are the Drews family and the Berghofer family that were the ancestors of well known Toowoomba resident Clive Berghofer. Apparently the Qld immigration records for these two voyages were among the 1860's records lost in the 1893 floods which is a nuisance. John Heinemann Archives - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-SE-GERMANS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message