I had heard that people came through Canada as the fare was cheaper to Canada than New York. Perhaps the fare to New Orleans was cheaper than New York also. Just a thought. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Bechman Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] BADEN-WURTTEMBERG Digest, Vol 7, Issue 86 I have a couple of emigration records of possible ancestors living (in their time) in Cincinnati, OH that allegedly came from Baden to New Orleans before ending up in Cincinnati. But I have been very skeptical that someone would emigrate to Cincinnati through New Orleans: New York or Philadelphia would seem far more reasonable, but I have so far not found similar records of family members coming through those ports. Does anyone on this list have reason to accept such a claim? Why would someone travel from New Orleans to Cincinnati to settle when there were so many other more convenient towns along the way to homestead? -Stuart > > I have trying to find out where in Baden, Germany my gGrandfather, > Valentin Mueller was born. He was born Jan. 1835, he left Germany for la > Harve, France around 1855 and came to the United States through New > Orleans, La. He arrived in Jan. 1857. He made his way to St Louis, Mo. > He settled there, married Henreitta Gihr, they had seven children, he had > a dairy farm. > He died in St. Louis in 1906. > Bill Mueller ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message