Hi! I believe I sent my first email to the wrong address. Since I also made a mistake in the body of the post, I'll just start over.......My GGGrandfather was JOHANNES/JOHN BOERNER. He arrived in the USA either 1836 or 1837 along with his brother LEONARD and possibly his nephews, THOMAS and GERHARD. JOHANNES AND LEONARD settled in the Massillon/Canton area of Stark County, Ohio. THOMAS and GERHARD, who were both Bakers, settled in the Buffalo, New York area. I was lucky enough to find a distant cousin who is still living in the BOERNER'S home village of Oberrodenbach, Germany. He has helped me considerably by checking the church books of Oberrodenbach (now called Roddenbach) but one thing we haven't been able to do is find the ship, or ships they traveled by. He has records stating that Johannes was still in Germany in February, 1837 (he wasn't given permission to leave until April of that year), while I have a paper signed by the Priest of St. Mary's Catholic Churc! h in Massillon, stating JOHANNES and CATHARINE ZEIGER were married there on February 21, 1837. My feeling is that the Priest may have written the wrong year and it should have been February 21, 1838. (pretty easy mistake.....it took me two months to remember to write 2005 on my checks!) However, I've checked all the ships lists that I could find online for 1836, 37 and 38 without success. I'm currently homebound so if there's any one out there who has access to any ship's lists that aren't online, I would definitely appreciate your help. Sorry this was so long. Thanks in advance. Susi Boerner Slater from Massillon, Ohio [email protected]