Seeking Gottfried (Godfrey, Godfred) HEINIG (1835-1916) who emigrated to United States around 1861 departing from Bremen and, according to notes my grandmother made, was shipwrecked on "Sandy Island." (Sanday Isle in Northern Scotland?) Godfrey eventually arrived Baltimore (not clear whether on the same ship) in summer 1861. In September 1861 he enlisted for three-year service in the Civil War (private, F Company, 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry) and earned citizenship. Settled near Millersburg, Ohio after the war but originally went to New Philadelphia, Ohio. The family lived in Langenleuba-Niederhain (then Saxony now Thuringia) east of Altenburg, near Leibzig. Gottfried’s father Christoph Heinig died there 1872. Gottfried’s mother was Sophia BERGER. From ship passenger lists I have found a few other Heinigs (sometimes HEINICK) from this area and also the name KRATZSCH. Gottfried married Ernestine Kratzsch, apparently after the war. They do not appear to have emigrated together, but much is unclear. Ernestine’s father was A. Kratzsch. Ernestine had a brother Bernhard captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and taken to Andersonville prison, where he died. I am trying to find anything at all about this group of people called Kratzsch, Heinig, and Berger. Many thanks. Colin Talcroft ([email protected])