I have the Lauf kinship book, Zink is part of my family line. Do you have anymore information than what you have given? There are a lot of Zinks. Linda olive-rose@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendelin Irslinger To: deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com Cc: peterandrose@yahoo.ca Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Joseph Zink Hello Rose, the official emigration database has 3 Josef Zink who emigrated (or asked for permission in that year) in 1852, all from Lauf, one was 46 years old and son of Adam Zink, another one was born on 29 May 1863 (which is another error in the database, perhaps it's 1836) and son of Ignaz Zink, no additional data for the third. Maybe our mailinglist has still a member who owns the kinship book of Lauf and can look for these men. The database has also 3 Joseph/Josef Zink who emigrated in 1854 (or asked for permission in that year), one from Großweier who was born 14 Sep 1838, the second from Sasbachwalden (no year of birth, he was son of Andreas Zink), the third from Achern (35 years of age). The following emigration database has one Joseph Zink, age 18, who emigrated in 1853. http://www.dad-recherche.de/hmb/search_engl.asp?Nachname=zink&Vorname=joseph&Geschlecht=%25&Datum=&Datum2=&Datum3= I don't know if the original record shows the origin of this man. Maybe it's the same which you have found. - Wendelin On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:18:35 -0700 Peter Goutbeck <> wrote: > Looking for birthplace of Joseph Zink. Can anyone help? Would be > very grateful. > > What I know, Joseph Zink was born 16 March 1835, (gravestone info) > and died 14 oct 1921 in Pleasant Valley, JoDavies Co. Illinois. > Pleasant Valley is a township near Stockton, Illinois and near > Galena, Illinois. He married to Barbara Elfline/Elfien . Have not > found the day of marriage yet. They had five children . A son John > married into the Harter line originating from Oensbach. It is the > great grandfather of Romana Wehinger, nee Harter. > > In NY Passenger list 1820 - 1957 a Joseph Zink, landed in New York > 23 April 1853, 18 years old, on the ship "Orlando" Do not know if > this is the right person. > The age is right. > Rose Weber-Goutbeck ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEU-BAD-ORTENAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message