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

In the period from about 1820 until 1870 there were three basic ways to get to the Indiana/Ohio areas. The obvious was to hook horses or oxen to a wagon and go over land. By the mid 1800 there were roads that crossed from the east coast to Indiana. This was a long and difficult trip. From mid century on they may have taken the railroad. If they came into New York, the could take a steamboat north to Albany and pick up the Erie Canal. They would take the Erie Canal to Buffalo. At Buffalo the would pick up a schedule steamship to Toledo. From Toledo the would take the Wabash and Erie Canal and then the Miami Erie canal to Cincinnati. By the the mid 1800's they may have made part of these legs by railroad. For the rest of the east coast cities they would have to rely on the railroad for the trip, either completely to Cincinnati. or to Pittsburgh where the could take a steamboat down to Cincinnati. If they came into New Orleans they could have taken the railroad north to Cincinnati, Or they could have take an steam boat up the Mississippi River into the Ohio River to Cincinnati. I have a family the emigrated from Germany. They left Bremen on Nov 2, 1847 and arrive: New Orleans on Jan 25 1848. Based on the stories of other immigrants arriving in New Orleans, I assume they left New Orleans and travel to Indiana by steamboat on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Near Evansville they took as second steamboat up the Wabash river to the head of navigation at Lafayette. There the boarded a canal boat to finished their trip to Fort Wayne on the Wabash and Erie canal. It is my understanding the rate by cost Roads were most expensive in time and expense. Railroad next followed by Canal and steamboat and Steam ship. The trips by steam boat were probably the most pleasant followed by the trips on the canal. Personally I think I would have preferred those routes by steamboat and canal, as they would be cleanest, and most pleasant. A person having been on the ocean for nearly three months would have thought they were in heaven as the steamboat glided up river, or the canal boat was pulled through the fertile fields of Indiana and Ohio both covering many 30 apparently effortless miles per day. You can see the advantages of the canal at http://www.terrypepper.com/w&e/ Or if you are in southern Indiana actually ride on a horse pulled canal boat over a aqueduct at Metamora. On 3/20/2012 6:01 PM, Stuart Bechman wrote: > 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 >