Fred, the passenger list says they arrived on the ship Blucher, and the type of ship is listed as a bark.?I googled the Blucher but I could only find the?steamship Blucher that?was built?after 1900. Sure would like to find a picture of the Bark Blucher! Linda -----Original Message----- From: Fred H Held <fhheld@netzero.net> To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com; lsmontoya@aol.com Sent: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 9:26 am Subject: Re: Need some help with translation Linda,? ? The voyage would have taken 40-45 days, if on a sailing ship, but there were steam powered ships in that time that would take less than half that.? ? >From Wikipedia:? "The first steamship credited with crossing the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe was the American ship SS Savannah, though she was actually a hybrid between a steamship and a sailing ship. The SS Savannah left the port of Savannah, Georgia, on May 22, 1819, arriving in Liverpool, England, on June 20, 1819; her steam engine having been in use for part of the time on 18 days. The first ship to make the transatlantic trip almost entirely under steam power was the Canadian ship SS Royal William in 1831."? ? As far as the train, I don't know for sure in Germany (our German cousins may have the answer), but I know the US had steam trains half way across America by 1852.? ? At 10:27 AM 10/26/2008, you wrote:? >From: lsmontoya@aol.com? >Subject: Re: [BW] Need some help with translation? >To: fhheld@netzero.net, baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com? >? >Fred, thank you for the explanation. I have noticed that several of >Leonhard's sons (born here in America) did that, and it drove me >crazy because?I never knew to look for Andrew David, or David >Andrew.? Now at least I understand what they were doing.? >? >I do have another question maybe you can answer.? The passenger >arrival list says their ship arrived in Baltimore on June 13, 1853.? >The emigration application documents mentioned Leonhard being >approved March 24, 1853.? I've read that the voyage would take about >45 days which means they must've left Bremen around the first of >April, which only gave them a week to get from Geislingen an der >Steige to Bremen.? Do you know if there was a rail line they might >have taken? Or would they have traveled by boat in 1853?? >? >Thank you again!? >Linda? ? ____________________________________________________________? Click here and choose from thousands of high quality used cars.? http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4vAOwDXsPslmoqjSHbcgEdZsXaUhK9UDKOzIxcNhLDlwrTFK/?