Do your German research from the Table of Links and Resources at <http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911>http://web.nstar.net/~dwat6911, where you will find surname newsgroups, surname mailing lists, name frequency generator, town locators, historical maps, and more! :) Don -----Original Message----- From: Sonya C. Caudle <kcaudle@clas.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 04 July, 1998 12:15 AM Subject: Re: German Immigrant Question >Hey, you are lucky!  You have more information on your ggrandfather than I >do on my ggggrandfather or my gggrandfather!  All I know is that Joseph >Bongard - my ggggrandfather -  was a priest somewhere in Germany and >immigrated to the US sometime around 1870 or so!  I do know that there is a >family story that he left the priesthood because he found out that the >monastary he was associated with was burning the fetuses from abortions >performed on nuns that had become pregnant by some of the other priests >there.  (Remember: this is ONLY a family passed down story and could be >totally false!)   I do know that he married Alvinia Meise from Quincy, >Illinois once he was over here and they went on to have 1 son and 3 >daughters - one of whom is my greatgrandmother who married George "Jack" >Enslow who seems to be an alien from outer space as I cannot seem to connect >him to any family here on earth!  And I have been trying to since I was >first interested in genealogy around the age of 18! > >Any suggestions here? > >Sonya >-----Original Message----- >From: by way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> ><ALauten374@aol.com> >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, July 03, 1998 3:54 PM >Subject: German Immigrant Question > > >> >>I could use some advice.Can anyone give me some help on finding where my >>GGgrandfather came from in Germany. I have a copy of is intent to become a >>citizen and a copy of his naturilazition papers.The date he said he came to >>USA was 1 May 1869,from Germany. I have rented several films from the FHC >and >>haven't had any luck finding his name. I have looked in all the books >listing >>Germans to America,the books about Bremen departures,etc.I got the forms to >>look up passenger lists from NARA,but htey have no listings for the year >1869. >>Thank You. >> >> >>==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >>Are you having trouble unsubscribing to the list? You can subscribe and >unsubscribe to the lists we own from our web page at: >><http://www.genrecords.com/>http://www.genrecords.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net > > > >