For water transportation in the USA pre-1860, you might want to review "The Geography of Transport Systems<http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/map_american_canals_19th.html>" which discusses American Canals in 19th century. A local Family History Center volunteer identified this resource when I was trying to figure out how one of my ancestors got from Philadelphia to St. Louis. If you have a nearby Family History Center (check familysearch.org) the can be very helpful. I have spent much time the last 3 years there looking at old microfilms of German church book records. Two of my ancestor families came from BW. 1) Kühn requested to emigrate in Feb 1852 from Ötigheim, Baden, departed Le Havre, France aboard SS Venice, arriving in New Orleans in Jun 1852; traveled up Mississippi to St. Louis area. 2) Rist requested to emigrate in Jan 1854 from Altdorf (now Weingarten), Württemberg, probably left via Le Havre, but sailed out of Liverpool, England aboard SS City of Manchester and arrived in Philadelphia Apr 1854; traveled via canals to Ohio River, then down the Ohio River to or near the Mississippi River to reach upstream St. Louis area. My journey began by learning their immigration periods from US Census records, and then finding them in Passenger Lists. You might also try the Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index to find out when your ancestor requested emigration.This information is then helpful in finding information from where they emigrated, the local process there, and the value of their possessions when they left. If you are fortunate enough to find someone in Germany who can help, the local records there often have emigration related papers. Through this, I learned that my 3G-Grandparents had to petition the state for the early release from military duty of my 2G-Grandfather so that he too could emigrate. Good luck in your search. Tom On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:11 AM, Dorothy A. Sanders <odissanders@cox.net>wrote: > 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 >