I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter Crane, who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in Baltimore. There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, possibly a relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father was Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? Diane in Illinois

Diane, did you look in the Wuerttemberg immigration index? And did you look in the Baltimore naturalization records? Also, if the sources conflict on Prussia or Wuerttemberg, you might see if there is a territory that switched between the two states. I don't know of one offhand, but our German friends might. Ruth On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:58 AM, <dlculhane@cs.com> wrote: > I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my > brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter Crane, > who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in > 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in Baltimore. > There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, possibly a > relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father was > Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? > > Diane in Illinois > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Diane I checked the german database http://gedbas.genealogy.net/ for Crane. on the left you can change the language to english. There are several entries, the most are from the states. maybe you have luck Sven Am 21.12.2013 15:58, schrieb dlculhane@cs.com: > I'm new to this list, and to German genealogy. I'm trying to help my brother-in-law trace some of his ancestors, including Adolphus Peter Crane, who was born in Germany (some sources say Prussia, other Wurttemberg) in 1836, emigrated to America in 1859, and became a harnessmaker in Baltimore. There was a shoemaker of about the same age named Joseph Crane, possibly a relative. Adolphus was a Catholic, and his death record says his father was Anthony. Does this family sound familiar to anyone? > > Diane in Illinois > > ------------------------------- > 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