I believe many (maybe most) of the Hamburg records were destroyed by WWII bombing but hadn't heard the same occurred at Bremen. Will others that have a better memory of the history of those ports in Germany chime in? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: GER-VOLGA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 363 Today's Topics: 1. Immigration & Naturalization (Arlene J. Vedrich) 2. Re: Immigration & Naturalization (Patrick Lipphardt) 3. Esther Beltz Trekell (Dona Reeves-Marquardt) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:02:16 -0700 From: "Arlene J. Vedrich" <[email protected]> Subject: [GV] Immigration & Naturalization To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I have become terribly frustrated! For years I have looked for the Immigration & naturalization papers for my Grandfather. Johann Philip or Philip John, SR Pfeiffer, later Pfeifer, was b.1864 in Warenburg, Russia, d. 1952, Marlin, Washington. His wife was Maria Sophia Adolph, b.8-2-1860 in Warenburg, Russia, d.1938, Marlin, Washington. Three children arrived with them; Johann Philip or Philip John, JR, b. 1887 in Warenburg, Maria Christina,(Mary), b. 1889 in Warenburg, Katharina Margaret, (Katie), b. 1891 in Warenburg. They left Warenburg on 25 February, 1892 for Bremen. Supposedly, they boarded a ship, "Weimar" & arrived in Baltimore, MD, 30 March, 1892. They went to Wisconsin to live with a cousin for a year. They then moved to Nebraska. In 1902 they moved to Washington State. HELP! On one of my searches I read on-line that some of the ship lists were destroyed in Bremen. Arlene Pfeifer Vedrich