I have just subscribed to this newsletter a couple weeks ago, and hope someone can help me. My ancestors from Germany were named Buehne. I am aware they didn't have to get naturalized back then-1850s through 1880s, but as I have gone through ISTG and found nothing I believe they may have come without 'consens'. I have searched for the Buehne name with merely a 'u' with the umlaut rather than the 'ue' and come up empty. We have relatives in Illinois, but no one can determine exactly where in Germany they came from. Any advice or links on how to find this? Also, when people came without'consens', what were the circumstances of their voyages and how could they have slipped through the ports? Were aliases used then? I know buehne means stage, so perhaps it was a false name? I have been successful with UK genealogy back to the 1500s. Germany is giving me fits, and I have promised Mom and my aunt to find the answers. Thank you for any help. Jane Henderson