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 > >