Good info, but the correct URL for the Hessen site is http://go.to/Hessen > Norm, > > You might begin with Don Watson's web site http://goto.hessen and > select the LINKS. He has about everything you might need for your > search. > > If you have any idea of the port or year he landed, you might do a > surname search at cimorelli http://208.249.158.172/safe/shipmenu.htm > which will give you the NARA index films to search for ship passenger > lists. . > > Or you might find him with a surname search in the volumes at > http://istg.rootsweb.com the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. > > Happy hunting, > Patricia Schubert Zippin > > At 10:11 PM -0700 8/24/00, Norm Le Blanc wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I am new to this list, so if I violate any protocol, pardons in advance.... > > > >I am researching the Helwig family. The earliest I have is August J. Helwig, > >b. Sept. 1839, who apparently emigrated to America from Lippe-Detmold. Can > >anyone point me in the appropriate direction to find more information on > >him? > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Norm Le Blanc > > > ==== GERMAN-KINGDOMS Mailing List ==== > Going on Vacation? Longer than 5 days? Please unsubscribe > It is click and send ready > mailto:German-Kingdoms-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > >