The only other place for NYC was Castle Garden in Battery Park in Manhattan. www.castlegarden.org --- On Fri, 8/15/08, Jane Glaser <jglaser@surewest.net> wrote: > From: Jane Glaser <jglaser@surewest.net> > Subject: Re: [BW] Immigration Records > To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 7:20 PM > Thanks, Tonia for that information. Also, if they came to > America in 1832, where would they have landed? I think Ellis > Island didn't open until 1892, so there must have been > another place to go. > Thanks so much > Jane > > Jane, if you can find his Declaration of Intent or > naturalization record, it > might tell you what port he used and when he arrived. > > my great great grandfather's declaration of intent > listed his birth village, > his birth date, port he left from and when, when he > arrived in US. Luckily > he applied for naturalization in the Indiana town where > he died, so it > wasn't to hard to find. > > Tonia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Thanks Dave, I went to the site. A lot of it is under construction. I did put in names but came up with nothing......Thanks again Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: David Stroebel To: baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [BW] Immigration Records The only other place for NYC was Castle Garden in Battery Park in Manhattan. www.castlegarden.org

At 10:29 PM 8/15/2008, you wrote: >Thanks Dave, I went to the site. A lot of it is under construction. >I did put in names but came up with nothing......Thanks again I looked for my grandfather and came up empty -- but they told me to try again. Lorraine No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.4/1615 - Release Date: 8/16/2008 7:11 AM