In a message dated 5/11/2006 8:03:06 AM Mountain Standard Time, sando1@cox.net writes: stevemorse.org I had forgotten about that URL -- thanks for the reminder!! If you cannot find what you want at ProQuest/Heritage Quest, with the index there you can visit Steve Morse's website. Just type in the approximate times during which you believe an ancestor may have sailed and then click on search. You will get a list of ships arriving at the port you chose during that time. Each has a aport of departure listed that may help you choose which ones to view. In my case I know that my great grandfather was mustered out of the army in the last part of 1867 from his military record. I also know he purchased land in MN on May 11, 1869 (land register records at MN Historical Society). I would guess that he did not sail until after the Christmas holidays and before Lent / Easter. Tickets were cheapest during winter weather (terrible time to cross). I also know from family lore that he most likely sailed from LeHavre in France because he did not have a passport. The French didn't care if Germans had travel documents so he took virtually no risk by departing from that port. Antwerp was another "safe" port for undocumented Germans. Many undocumented German men were fleeing the draft, were deserters, or were veterans still in the reserves who could not get a passport. Some may have been fleeing the police. At Steve Morses site I can look at the list of results for ships departing from Le Havre durihng the time I feel is right and use the referenced rolls of film at the LDS for ships lists to study. For arrivals during the 19th C. you have to check all the possible ports which can make a pretty long list of fims to study unless you have a nice "sorter" like LeHavre or Antwerp as a point of departure. Castle Garden Baltimore Philadelphia Great Lakes ports were all used by German-Bohemians. Many who went to Wisconsin used the Great Lakes routes. Some who came after 1872 or so when the RR went into MN went to Baltimore. G-Bs rarely landed at southern ports if they intended to settle in WI or MN. Some may have traveled up the Mississippi from New Orleans. Those who went to Texas ports genereally settled in Texas. Karen