Have you tried this website for Castle Garden? http://www.castlegarden.org I typed in Johann Jaeger for the years 1870-1875 and got 27 possibilities. Lila djweber wrote: > One of the lines is the much too common potential search for a Johann > Jäger (born in 1843) while the other is for a certainly fictious surname > with the name being Martin Bichimer (born in 1840). > > However, the Jäger line finally gave me a clue; a clue of origin as > "Baydin" which sadly might be Baden or might be Bayern. Even this clue > is still hidden within the secret. > > Hoping that it might be Baden, I have ordered the proper LDS roll of > film for the Baden Emigration Index. In various other searchings, there > is a hint (from what I consider as a often flawed IGI) that a Johann > Jäger was born in 1843 in Ichenheim. > > I am looking for a Johann Jäger who emigrated about 1872 (at least > before 1875) with a wife of an unknown name (but then she might have > died in Germany before the emigration) however with children, Johann > Ignaz born in 1868 and twins Carry (probably Karolina) and Lena > (Magdalena) born in 1870. > > Does anyone have access to a Familienbuch for Ichenheim which offers any > positive or negative information about its born-in-1843 Johann Jäger? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 8/12/05