New Orleans was a prominent port of entry for German speaking immigrants to American. Some of them journeyed upriver to St. Louis and settled in that area. www.deutcheshaus.org is a site worth your time if your ancestors arrived in New Orleans. All good wishes, James D. Groce (Gross) > From: odissanders@cox.net > To: sbechman@sbcglobal.net; baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:11:52 -0600 > Subject: Re: [BW] BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Digest, Vol 9, Issue 39 > > My ancestors from the BW area came into New Orleans, La. > When you look at the ships manifest, there were many from BW. > Dot > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Bechman" <sbechman@sbcglobal.net> > To: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:05 PM > Subject: Re: [BW] BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Digest, Vol 9, Issue 39 > > > It would likely depend on where they were headed and when they travelled. > > Prior to 1860, the most efficient transportation routes across / through the > US were by water, even to places that we wouldn't imagine travelling by > water today. For instance, my ancestor from Rastatt, Baden came to > Cincinnatti, Ohio in 1830 by way of New Orleans and travelling up the > Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. But my original presumption that they arrived > in New York or Philadelphia and then crossed by land to Ohio kept me blocked > from any research breakthroughs until a very wise and kind someone pointed > that out to me. > > -Stuart > > > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:12:17 -0500 > > From: Deloris Girard <delorisegcltd@gmail.com> > >Subject: [BW] Bringardner Surname > >To: BADEN-WURTTEMBERG@rootsweb.com > > > >I am trying to find the port of arrival my ancestor arrived US from Baben, > >Baden. > > > >Any suggestions? > > > >Deloris > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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