I am also interested in German Immigration. My Great Great Grandfather, Louis (VON???) Mayer, was born 1825 in Homburg. In 1856 he married Susan Wilson of Americus, Muscogee County Georgia in Montgomery Alabama. He and Susan are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgoemry. Ther is a Louis Mayer living with Martin Jacoba, also from Germany in the 1850 Muscogee County GA census. Also in Muscogee County there is an F Mayer from Germany who had a child born in NY, a child born in CT and the rest in AL I do not know when or where Louis entered this country. I do not know (or even have a clue) as to his parents names. Would finding naturalization papers be easier than trying to find the port of entry?? I had thought he might have come to Savannah or Charleston but now maybe even NY Any ideas?? Doris Mayer Reece Branchville Alabama