In a message dated 5/31/2002 5:01:20 PM Central Daylight Time, CASTLE-GARDEN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > There are many, many names on the disks > that are filled in in with question marks because they were illegible to > the > transcriber (example: K???, C.). As you can see, this could have been > your > Clara. Hi Sandra, Does this mean there actually was an entry K???, C. ? Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it is the first clue I've had. My grandfather was born February 1847, so he would have been 32 in 1879, not 31. Also I know his middle name did begin with C, but Ch sounds like Charles, and I never saw anything more than C. He had a son John C. Dietrich Jr. also. I wish there was a German port of embarkation given. I assume the CD you have is the Germans to America CD? I've been wanting to order that, and I guess I will now. Can I order the manifest page from NARA online? I will check out their page. Thanks again, Ruth

----- Original Message ----- From: <Ruthfam@aol.com> To: <CASTLE-GARDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:04 PM Subject: [CASTLE-GARDEN] Re: CASTLE-GARDEN-D Digest V02 #102 There are many, many names on the disks that are filled in in with question marks because they were illegible to the transcriber (example: K???, C.). As you can see, this could have been your Clara. Hi Sandra, Does this mean there actually was an entry K???, C. ? Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it is the first clue I've had. My grandfather was born February 1847, so he would have been 32 in 1879, not 31. Also I know his middle name > did begin with C, but Ch sounds like Charles, and I never saw anything more than C. He had a son John C. Dietrich Jr. also. I wish there was a German port of embarkation given. I assume the CD you have is the Germans to America CD? I've been wanting to order that, and I guess I will now. Can I order the manifest page from NARA online? I will check out their page. Thanks again, Ruth Hi Ruth, Sorry to get your hopes up. I was just trying to choose a good example for you. The disks are worth the $60 apiece... especially if you are researching several in that time frame. You might want to check out these web sites for your research also: http://www.nara.gov/research/ordering/ordrfrms.html (for requesting forms from NARA) http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/index.html http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html http://www.cimorelli.com/safe/shipmenu.htm http://distantcousin.com/Links/ships/ http://istg.rootsweb.com/ http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ (for researching passenger lists) Hope you find your people. Best of luck. Sandra in Oregon