I just discovered that I could not find any record of my great grandparents leaving germany for America on the Baden-Wurttemberg emmigration site at http://www.auswanderer-bw.de Castle Gardens Immigration center web site reads that they lived in Sigmaringen, Germany. Sigmaringen is in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg. Why then can't I find either of them even when I try to spell their names 6 different ways? Before leaving for the USA in 1883, both great grandparents worked in the home of Kaiser Wilhem I. Is it possible they worked in Berlin? Their names are Johann Stroebele and Bertha (Arnold) Stroebele. They came over with 3 small boys, one being an infant (11 months old). Johann came over after Bertha, but unsure when. He was a shoemaker. Thanks Dave