Hello Jeanne, The family did travel together because they were all on the same ship. The Manifest ID Number (to the best of my knowledge) is an 8-digit unique number assigned for each voyage. For record keeping, I would assume. Therefore, the manifest for this family would be 00006799. (Many times, to save effort, the leading 3 or 4 zeroes were dropped). Since the arrival date was not included on the disk, it must not have been entered by someone along the way. The manifest ID number should help when ordering the ship's records from NARA. You can also narrow the time frame of arrival down because the info was on the 1850 thru 1874 CD. As long as you include all the info you have, I think they will be able to locate the ship info at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). I checked the 1875 thru 1888 CD and your surname is not listed. Hope this clarifies things somewhat. Sandra in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: <JHATZEN@aol.com> To: <Kieffer@pioneer-net.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:43 AM Subject: Hatzenbuehler, past 1874 Dear Sandra, You sent me the Hatzenbu(e)hlers from your CD "Germans to America, 1850-1874". According to this list that you sent, a group evidently came together: Henri, Catherine, Catherine, Anna and Jacob. They were probably a family, and they are all listed under Manifest ID Number 6799. I have a couple of questions. To what does that number apply? Any idea as to what date they came? Could you send me the Hatzenbuehler, Hatzenbuhler list from the next "Germans to America". Thank you for all you have done. Jeanne Hatzenbuehler Montana