On 17 Jul 2002 at 17:06, JKK358@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/16/2002 5:01:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > CASTLE-GARDEN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > The 2 Germans to America CDs I have cover 1850-1874 and > > 1875-1888. These > > > are matches in your requested time frame. > > > Sandra, I believe that you are the holder of the CDs. At your > convenience, would you please check for Rudolph Ernst Schultz > who came to North America about 1851. He may have come through > Canada. He was born in Danzig, Westpreussenn 17 March 1833 and I > found him in Durham, Ontario, Canada in the mid-1850s. > If you have ancestors from central and Eastern Europe you may find that the Hamburg Passenger Lists are your most important genealogical resource you can consult. If your ancestors emigrated through the city of Hamburg, Germany between 1850 and 1934 (excluding 1915-1919), you will be happy to know that approximately 1/3 of all emigration during this time period was via Hamburg. See http://www.genhelp.org/ and scroll down to the article on the Hamburg Passenger Lists or http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/hamburgpasslists.shtml (if this URL wraps to 2 lines, copy and paste both into your browser window, or go to http://olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/ and select IMMIGRATION then HAMBURG PASSENGER LISTS and http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/germanlists.shtml Have you tried these two sites? They both have search engines set up to search online free passenger lists. If one doesn't have what you want, the other might. http://www.searchforancestors.com/records/passenger.html and http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml This site has several search engines, one for each state where ships arrived. >From these two search engines you can search almost ALL online passenger lists to USA Lorine **Search Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Australia/New Zealand http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchships_aus.shtml otg@csolve.net