Bobbi, New York? Possible yes, but highly unlikely considering the distance from New York to Galveston going over land, the number of weeks on the road, and the cost, and all this on the heels of a 3-4 week ocean voyage? Why it would have taken them longer to reach Texas than it took them to reach New York, Baltimore or Philadelphia. If they had indeed first landed in any of the Eastern seaports, there would have been a ship going to New Orleans for less cost and time than going by land. Ursula ___________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbi" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:57:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum Hi Kerry, One to keep in mind that usually is not thought of, is New York. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. People were able to travel up the Hudson River to Albany, then go by way ot the canal to Buffalo. Once there they could go by way of the Great Lakes to Chicago and then go down the Mississippi. Traveling by water was cheaper and faster than traveling by land. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Fuhrmeister" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > > > I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question > and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. I > wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of > Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that > area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? > > > > Thank you > > Kerry For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank makes sense as a working theory. --- On Thu, 3/11/10, wesixski11 <[email protected]> wrote: ...My understanding is that the 72 years was chosen because that was the average life expectancy (at that time). Liz

Ancestry has a feature which allows a member of Ancestry to share documents with others. Previously a member could save things to their hard drive but not sure how it is now. I just clicked on the link you sent and clicked on "share" and it came up with 3 options, facebook, twitter and email. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> To: "Germany-Passenger-Lists-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:24 AM Subject: [G-P-L] More about Immigration to Texas > > Hi Listers, > > I forgot to cite this link, which also gives some names. However, since it > may require subscription to Ancestry you may not be able to view it. If > you find that to be so, let me know and I'll see if I can find another way > to access it. > > A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1847 - 1861 > > http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=48471&iid=GermanImmigrationTX2-001942-3&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 > > Ursula > ___________________________________________________ > There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2734 - Release Date: 03/10/10 07:33:00

Hi Listers, I forgot to cite this link, which also gives some names. However, since it may require subscription to Ancestry you may not be able to view it. If you find that to be so, let me know and I'll see if I can find another way to access it. A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1847 - 1861 http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=48471&iid=GermanImmigrationTX2-001942-3&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 Ursula ___________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time.

Listers, to learn about the colonization of Texas by Germans and the reason why there are few or no passenger ship list available for the early years - 1845 to 1853 - you need to aquaint yourself with the "Mainzer" or "Texas Adelsverein". The Adelsverein was organized on April 20, 1842, by twenty-one German noblemen at Biebrich on the Rhine. The society represented a significant effort to establish a new Germany on Texas soil through organized mass emigration. In Germany the society is commonly referred to as the Mainzer Adelsverein after the city of Mainz where it was officially registered in. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels was appointed commissioner general by the Adelsverein in May, 1844 to lead its colony in Texas. The first Adelsverein sponsored immigrants arrived in Galveston in July, 1844. They traveled from Galveston to Indianola in December, 1844 and then moved inland to land grants acquired by the Adelsverein near Comal Springs. The settlement was named New Braunfels in honor of Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. New Braunfels was the first colony set up for German immigrants in 1845. The second colony, Fredericksburg, was established on May 8, 1846 near the Pedernales River. Fredericksburg is named after Prince Frederick of Prussia, who was a member of the Adelsverein. Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach was appointed the second commissioner general of the Adelsverein in April, 1845, after Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels left New Braunfels. Between 1842 and 1845, Shelby, Texas became a small German farming community in Austin County. In 1843, Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck bought a plantation in Fayette County to be used in the Adelsverein effort. Nassau Farm, a "manor house" retreat for the Society's officials, was built during this period. In 1853, due to a large amount of debt, the Adelsverein ended its colonization campaign in Texas. It was succeeded by the German Immigration Company. Ursula ____________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time.

Karl, I would guess that your lone Daniel OSTER, whom you located on the 1830 census in Liberty, Chariton Co., MO was a migrant from another eastern state, most likely from Pennsylvania. The problem with these early censuses is that they don't divulge much personal information, only the name. I didn't find him on the 1840 census and on the 1850 census, only his wife Catherine Oster, 45, b. Ger and sons Daniel, 18 and George 12, both born in MO appear on the census. In a separate entry, there is also a John OSTER, 20, b. in MO, residing in the same township. It's hard to say whether he was another son of the couple. To learn more about immigration and the type of records available for research, I suggest you visit the following site: http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/articles/gdepart.htm Ursula ____________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Roussin" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:02:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Fw: Galveston Texas seaport museum OK Russell Thanks for Your reply I have been searching for the place and time for the arrival of the Daniel Oster and Family. They are in the 1830 census of MO. , So I guess that I'll keep on searching for Them . Karl Roussin =========================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Whitaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:14 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Fw: Galveston Texas seaport museum Karl, I sent the message below about an hour ago and for some reason it was blocked. I am assuming it was not delivered since I did not receive a copy, so I am trying again.. Russell Karl If you go to this URL http://www.galvestonhistory.org/Galveston_Immigration_Database.asp it give information on the Galveston Immigration Database. It states there are more than 130,000 listed from 1846 to 1948 so looks like Daniel arrived somewhere other than Galveston. Russell Whitaker Texas ________________________________ Russell Do You know when the Galveston seaport opened for immigrants ?. I have a G.G.Grandfather Daniel Oster and Family that arrived about 1800 to 1830 , and I have never been able to find the place or time that They arrived. I would guess that They left from Le Havre , France however there does not seem to be any records of departure from Le Havre, France Karl Roussin For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ursula, I was not saying it was probable, just that it was possible. Considering that Karl had not found the location of entry, it is something to look into. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > Bobbi, > > New York? Possible yes, but highly unlikely considering the distance from > New York to Galveston going over land, the number of weeks on the road, > and the cost, and all this on the heels of a 3-4 week ocean voyage? Why it > would have taken them longer to reach Texas than it took them to reach New > York, Baltimore or Philadelphia. > > If they had indeed first landed in any of the Eastern seaports, there > would have been a ship going to New Orleans for less cost and time than > going by land. > > Ursula

Ursula: Thank you for the very interesting history lesson. Ann In a message dated 3/11/2010 5:05:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Listers, to learn about the colonization of Texas by Germans and the reason why there are few or no passenger ship list available for the early years - 1845 to 1853 - you need to aquaint yourself with the "Mainzer" or "Texas Adelsverein". The Adelsverein was organized on April 20, 1842, by twenty-one German noblemen at Biebrich on the Rhine. The society represented a significant effort to establish a new Germany on Texas soil through organized mass emigration. In Germany the society is commonly referred to as the Mainzer Adelsverein after the city of Mainz where it was officially registered in. Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels was appointed commissioner general by the Adelsverein in May, 1844 to lead its colony in Texas. The first Adelsverein sponsored immigrants arrived in Galveston in July, 1844. They traveled from Galveston to Indianola in December, 1844 and then moved inland to land grants acquired by the Adelsverein near Comal Springs. The settlement was named New Braunfels in honor of Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. New Braunfels was the first colony set up for German immigrants in 1845. The second colony, Fredericksburg, was established on May 8, 1846 near the Pedernales River. Fredericksburg is named after Prince Frederick of Prussia, who was a member of the Adelsverein. Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach was appointed the second commissioner general of the Adelsverein in April, 1845, after Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels left New Braunfels. Between 1842 and 1845, Shelby, Texas became a small German farming community in Austin County. In 1843, Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck bought a plantation in Fayette County to be used in the Adelsverein effort. Nassau Farm, a "manor house" retreat for the Society's officials, was built during this period. In 1853, due to a large amount of debt, the Adelsverein ended its colonization campaign in Texas. It was succeeded by the German Immigration Company. Ursula

Hello..... Is there any records of passage for the Erie Canal travel.? Patricia in Louisiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbi" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > Hi Kerry, > > One to keep in mind that usually is not thought of, is New York. > > The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. People were able to travel up the > Hudson River to Albany, then go by way ot the canal to Buffalo. > Once there they could go by way of the Great Lakes to Chicago and then go > down the Mississippi. > Traveling by water was cheaper and faster than traveling by land. > > Bobbi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Fuhrmeister" > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00 PM > Subject: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > >> >> >> >> I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question >> and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. >> I >> wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of >> Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that >> area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? >> >> >> >> Thank you >> >> Kerry > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bobbi My Daniel Oster was born in Germany in 1782 in Winterbach , Pfalz, Bayern , Germany , and married Catherine Danner born 05 Mar. 1795 , and They married on 12 Apr. 1812. They were married in Winterbach, Pfalz , Bayern , Germany. The dates of events are have been found in the FHC library films . What I am looking for is to find a ship with Their names , to find a more exact record of Them , because a Cousin of Mine does not agree with those dates of events. Karl Roussin ============================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbi" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Daniel OSTER > Hi Karl, > > What year was your Daniel Oster born? > > Bobbi > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The save option is now at the top right hand corner of the screen.  I had this confusion myself the other day. -Sandra ________________________________ From: Sarah McCray <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 7:41:57 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] More about Immigration to Texas Ancestry has a feature which allows a member of Ancestry to share documents with others.  Previously a member could save things to their hard drive but not sure how it is now.  I just clicked on the link you sent and  clicked on "share" and it came up with 3 options, facebook, twitter and email. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula" <[email protected]> To: "Germany-Passenger-Lists-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:24 AM Subject: [G-P-L] More about Immigration to Texas > > Hi Listers, > > I forgot to cite this link, which also gives some names. However, since it > may require subscription to Ancestry you may not be able to view it. If > you find that to be so, let me know and I'll see if I can find another way > to access it. > > A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1847 - 1861 > > http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=48471&iid=GermanImmigrationTX2-001942-3&sid=&gskw=&cr=1 > > Ursula > ___________________________________________________ > There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2734 - Release Date: 03/10/10 07:33:00 For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many years ago I was in the Navy with a fellow from Rockdale. He had a very heavy German accent. Does anyone know of any information concerning that location? Fritz Dornhoffer was his name. Bill Fehlinger-New Jersey

  He could have even come through te port of new orleans. ________________________________ From: fakourip <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 9:16:48 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum Hello..... Is there any records of passage for the Erie Canal travel.? Patricia in Louisiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbi" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > Hi Kerry, > > One to keep in mind that usually is not thought of, is New York. > > The Erie Canal was completed in 1825.  People were able to travel up the > Hudson River to Albany, then go by way ot the canal to Buffalo. > Once there they could go by way of the Great Lakes to Chicago and then go > down the Mississippi. > Traveling by water was cheaper and faster than traveling by land. > > Bobbi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Fuhrmeister" > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00 PM > Subject: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > >> >> >> >> I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question >> and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. >> I >> wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of >> Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that >> area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? >> >> >> >> Thank you >> >> Kerry > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

this link here will probably give you a good history of the area of Rockdale.  It also mentions the name Dornhoefer.  I found an ship transcription for 1848 into the port of galveston that carried a dornhoefer family.   YOu can also run the name on people search and find the spelling dornhoefer but not dornhoffer, though a few spellings for the latter show up in a general web search.   http://www.forttumbleweed.net/rockdale.html hope this helps a bit. Nancy Many years ago I was in the Navy with a fellow from Rockdale. He had a very heavy German accent.  Does anyone know of any information concerning that location? Fritz Dornhoffer was his name.     Bill Fehlinger-New  Jersey For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 7:11:47 AM Subject: [G-P-L] Rockdale Texas

Hi Karl, What year was your Daniel Oster born? Bobbi

Hi Kerry, One to keep in mind that usually is not thought of, is New York. The Erie Canal was completed in 1825. People were able to travel up the Hudson River to Albany, then go by way ot the canal to Buffalo. Once there they could go by way of the Great Lakes to Chicago and then go down the Mississippi. Traveling by water was cheaper and faster than traveling by land. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Fuhrmeister" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > > > I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question > and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. I > wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of > Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that > area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? > > > > Thank you > > Kerry

Let's keep politics out of this, please. The 1940 census will be released on April 2, 2012 - the waiting period is 72 years. Ursula ___________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "HARRY MARJORIE DELLWO" <[email protected]> To: "germany-passenger-lists" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:46:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [G-P-L] ? re' census It is government. Nothing is very speedy > From: sus[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:20 -0500 > Subject: [G-P-L] ? re' census > > I asked about the 1940 census some days back; why does it not come out in > 2010 rather than nearly mid-year of 2012? Sandy > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2:22 AM > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] German History in Documents and Images > > > > Thank you - great period maps and prints - > > > > Note - I am on dial up and switched to German view to get 2 maps that > > wouldn't load frin the English version. > > > > Just thought I would pass that on > > > > > > In a message dated 3/8/2010 10:07:48 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > "German History in Documents and Images" > > > > This site is really exciting for me. It's an online textbook with > > chapters, applicable drawings/photos, charts, and maps. Nearly everything > > is in > > downloadable PDFs or savable JPGs. You can view the site in German or > > English. > > > > My curiosity lies in 1890-1899 Germany when the family came to Cleveland, > > so I downloaded everything from Chapter 5. > > > > http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/home.cfm > > > > > > > > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > > http://www.germanyroots.com > > > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: > > http://www.germanyroots.com > > > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kerry, Most like New Orleans. Ursula ___________________________________________________ There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Fuhrmeister" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:00:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. I wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? Thank you Kerry _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com Please visit and participate in our new forum http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have heard of that happening,the trans-shipping. In the beginning I just assumed that my ggg-grandfather would have came in to Galveston. Then I was told by an aunt that he came in via Pittsburg, PA. So far I haven't found anything there, but I have not looked as hard either. I was able to find his Declaration Of Intent from Bexar County, Texas dated 1860 and it says he came in at Galveston in 1854 so that is why I am looking there again. I will keep looking at other ports though. Keep you fingers crossed! I wanted to also say thank you to all for all the advice I get. This is my husbands family that I am researching and I am on my own because the ones that would know have past away. Kerry > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:56:51 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Texas Seaport Museum > > Below is what the Galveston Immigration Database said about passengers. You probably need to search other ports. I have searched other ports, with a bunch of tricks without any success. Probably have not hit the correct misspelling or that particuliar passenger list has not been done. > > "The database lists only those who first disembarked in Texas. Many immigrants came through New York or one of the other East Coast ports and trans-shipped to Texas. Family legend may hand down a Texas port of entry, while immigration records reflect an Eastern port." > > Russell > Texas > > ________________________________ > I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather. I wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? > > Thank you > > Kerry > > For all the latest News, please visit our Homepage: http://www.germanyroots.com > > Please visit and participate in our new forum > http://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/

Below is what the Galveston Immigration Database said about passengers. You probably need to search other ports. I have searched other ports, with a bunch of tricks without any success. Probably have not hit the correct misspelling or that particuliar passenger list has not been done. "The database lists only those who first disembarked in Texas. Many immigrants came through New York or one of the other East Coast ports and trans-shipped to Texas. Family legend may hand down a Texas port of entry, while immigration records reflect an Eastern port." Russell Texas ________________________________ I did go to the Texas seaport Museum website after I posted my question and the search did work but of course I didn't find my ggg-grandfather.  I wonder why? I will keep looking I guess, I know what the Declaration of Intent says but what if it was a different port? what other ports in that area could he have entered through in Dec of 1854? Thank you Kerry