Ken, I looked in the SW Germany emigration database and found no Lampel's emigrating from Baden-Wuerttemberg. The modern Germany on-line phone book shows about 200 Lampel listings scattered about the country with a small concentration near the border with Belgium (not close to Wuerttemberg or Nuernberg). In StetlSeeker I found no cities with a similar name to Nurnberg/Nuernberg other than the one famous for the post WW II trials. My suggestion is that you go through the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses and report to us where he stated he was from. Sometimes that can help narrow the search. I saw your post that your great aunt said Lampel was from Alsace. Did she give you any particulars? Is this family knowledge/hearsay or did she come up with the idea after some research? Paul +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > I would like to know if anyone can help me with a great great granfather > of mine, Leonard (Leonhard) Lampel. I found his passenger list at Castle > Garden stating he came on SS Herder in 1879 from the port Hamburg and last > residence was Wurttemberg. I found the same list in German and it list the > last town for him as Nurnberg. I have had no luck finding this ancestor > online, in either place. Can anyone help or give advice an what to do > next? > > Ken Lampel