Joanne, I found the following on Ancestry.com. I will send you the manifest page under separate cover. Beverly Mack Zanon, researching OFFENBURG, NUSSBACH - Surname: BUSAM ____________________________________ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Johann Jakob Lang Year: 1853 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 8057.10 Primary Immigrant: Lang, Johann Jakob Annotation: Date of application to emigrate and intended destination. In a few cases, date indexed indicates emigrant's undated application was indexed before the date cited. Also provides date and place of birth and film number. Extracted from a comprehensive indexi Source Bibliography: SCHENK, TRUDY and RUTH FROELKE. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. Volume 7. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1998. 475p. Page: 236 ____________________________________ New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Johann Lang Arrival Date: 27 Apr 1853 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827 Age: 26 Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium Place of Origin: Germany Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: German Ship Name: Maria Theresia : (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f2=Maria Theresia&db=passengerships) Port of Arrival: New York Line: 25 Microfilm Serial: M237 Microfilm Roll: M237_125 List Number: 322 Port Arrival State: New York Port Arrival Country: United States In a message dated 10/24/2008 2:02:42 A.M. Central Daylight Time, baden-wurttemberg-request@rootsweb.com writes: Does anyone know if there was an Emigrant ship named Franchise that sailed from LeHavre, France to New York between April 23-29, 1853? The entry in my Great Grandfather's Wanderbuch (an apprentist's record book) has an entry made by "Le Comunissaire de police Deligue" which states something like "Vie pour New York _____ mariner franchise Havre 23 ? April 1853" This entry is approximate as it is difficult to read. The seal reads "Ville Du Havre - Seine ?" Great Grandfather: Johann Jacob Lang from Weiler Wurttemberg born Feb 8, 1827 Thanks for any help Joanne Lang Paymal **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, no registration required and great graphics – check it out! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol?redir= http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001)