Ursula, Sometimes the men had prior military service - in state militias or had been in the military before and were called back up. When they reported, they were experienced and thus granted rank. Bob Kaes -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marie Van Laeys Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 5:45 PM To: ubatrans@klondyke.net; germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Civil War Question Ursela, I can't say for sure but I would think how well educated (could they read and write) maybe even the occupation and standing in the community. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula B. Adamson" <ubatrans@klondyke.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Civil War Question > Hello to those who are better informed about the civil war than me: > > I have the records of a Civil War soldier from Michigan who enlisted > at age 22 as a Seargeant - so it says on the online records. > Can anyone tell me what qualifications he had to have in order to > enlist as a Sergeant? > I'm sure he didn't just show up and say, hey I want to enlist as a > Sergeant. > > Looking forward to your answer. > > Ursula from Michigan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I'm searching all the port of embarkation and disembarkation... It takes time, but I hope to find... Ilya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne J. Straight" <woichi01@comcast.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Digest, Vol 1, Issue 148 > Hi Ilya; > > In the very early 18th century, folks from the Palatinates (Pfalz) > emigrated through Amsterdam and London. You might want to start looking > for them on ships originating from there. > > Cheers, Masugu > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello to those who are better informed about the civil war than me: I have the records of a Civil War soldier from Michigan who enlisted at age 22 as a Seargeant - so it says on the online records. Can anyone tell me what qualifications he had to have in order to enlist as a Sergeant? I'm sure he didn't just show up and say, hey I want to enlist as a Sergeant. Looking forward to your answer. Ursula from Michigan

Hi Bob; If you're searching for Americanizations of the name Kaes, you might want to try homonyms such as Case, Kase, Cass, Keys, etc. Although some folks went for direct translations of their surnames, such as Carpenter for Zimmerman, or Miller for Mueller, it's less likely with a name like Kaes. I'm including some variants from Ancestry's immigration list. Hopefully one of them will work for you. Cheers, Masugu New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Josef Kiez Arrival Date: 31 Dec 1906 Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Age: 30 Gender: Male Trade; Farm laborer Can read and write: No Place of Origin: Galap, Hungary People: Magyar Cash: $6.00 Marital Status: ?Married? Ship Name: Batavia Port of Arrival: New York Final Destination: ?Scalp Level?, PA Relative in US: ??? ?Lu?? ?Feldermann?, Box 257, ?Scalp Level?, PA Line: 7 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_815 Page Number: 133 Birth Location Other: Galap Source Citation: Year: 1906; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_815; . New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Josef Kase Arrival Date: 7 Jun 1905 Estimated birth year: abt 1878 Age: 27 Gender: Male Trade: Butcher Can read and write: Yes Cash: $16.00 Marital Status: Single Place of Origin: N. Kdyne, Bohemia Ship Name: Kaiser Wilhelm II Port of Arrival: New York Final Destination: Omaha, Nebr. Conn. Relative in US: Uncle, Wilh. Radil, 154 17 & A St., Omaha, Nebr. Line: 24 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_586 Page Number: 123 Source Citation: Year: 1905; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_586; . New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Josef Kase Arrival Date: 2 Sep 1902 Estimated birth year: abt 1882 Age: 20 Gender: Male Trade: Farmer Can read and write: Yes Cash: $56.00 Place of Origin: Bohemia Ship Name: Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Port of Arrival: New York Final Destination: NY Relative in US: Uncle, Josef ?Kossricky?, No. 1006 Line: 20 Microfilm Serial: 15 Microfilm Roll: T715_296 Page Number: 98 Source Citation: Year: 1902; Microfilm serial: 15; Microfilm roll: T715_296; . New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Josef Keese Arrival Date: 9 Apr 1905 Estimated birth year: abt 1887 Age: 18 Gender: Male Trade: Farmer Port of Departure: Havre Can read and write: Yes Cash: $10.00 Marital Status: Single Place of Origin: Wimal, Austria, Lang: Slovenian Ship Name: La Touraine Port of Arrival: New York Final Destination: Calumet, MI Relative in US: Friend, Marko Mannin, PO Box 580, Calumet, MI Line: 18 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_556 Page Number: 131 Source Citation: Year: 1905; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_556; . New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Jos Keiz Arrival Date: 6 Oct 1903 Estimated birth year: abt 1887 Age: 16 Gender: Male Trade: None Port of Departure: Can read and write: Cash: $30 Marital Status: Single Place of Origin: Graz, Austria, Lang: Slovenian Ship Name: Finland Port of Arrival: New York Final Destination: Irwin, PA Relative in US: Irwin, PA, Westmore & N.A. Line: 7 Microfilm Serial: 15 Microfilm Roll: T715_400 Page Number: 80 Source Citation: Year: 1903; Microfilm serial: 15; Microfilm roll: T715_400; .

Ursela, I can't say for sure but I would think how well educated (could they read and write) maybe even the occupation and standing in the community. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ursula B. Adamson" <ubatrans@klondyke.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Civil War Question > Hello to those who are better informed about the civil war than me: > > I have the records of a Civil War soldier from Michigan who enlisted at > age 22 as a > Seargeant - so it says on the online records. > Can anyone tell me what qualifications he had to have in order to enlist > as a Sergeant? > I'm sure he didn't just show up and say, hey I want to enlist as a > Sergeant. > > Looking forward to your answer. > > Ursula from Michigan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ilya; In the very early 18th century, folks from the Palatinates (Pfalz) emigrated through Amsterdam and London. You might want to start looking for them on ships originating from there. Cheers, Masugu

Hi..............my name is Mary Moore and I am researching the surnames of: HIEMENZ ALBRECHT KOHR ROTHENBERGER If there is anyone out there researching any of these, I certainly would like to hear from you. Thanks. Mary --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

Susan – You may have already seen my replies to others on this list who have sent me much the same information. Unfortunately, the Christina listed is not my gg-grandmother, so I’m still looking. I thought I had hit pay dirt since they were both of the same age and I couldn’t get on the Ancestry.com site to check on date of arrival. However, the listed Christina was of a different family and arrived in this country at least two years after my Christina did. So, I‘ll keep on looking but I’m indebted to all of you who took the time to look up this Christina and send me the information. The Heitzmans listed may be related in some way to my Heitzmans because mine, also, came from the Wurttemburg area, only mine arrived several years earlier. It was the fact that Christina was from Wittlensweiler and was of the same age as my ancestor that gave me hope that I had at last found how and when they arrived. Maybe I’ll have better luck next time. Again, thank you for your help. Bill Richards On Nov 17, 2006, at 12:34 AM, Susan E wrote: > Hi Again, > Just checked locality listings at the LDS FH library catalogue for > place > name listed on ship manifest. Instead of Wittlonsweiter it should be > Wittlensweiler. It is in the Wurttemburg > area. Susan E

Thanks, Jan, for your suggestion. Sure, I looked there too, but no luck... IZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Self introduction > You might try Baltimore as a port for them. Mine came through there and > as of yet there is nothing online regarding these passenger lists. > > Jan B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ilyaz > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:10 AM > To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] Self introduction > > Hello everybody, > > my name is Ilya. Although I do genealogical research for almost 50 years > and published a book about it, this group is new to me. I've heard about > it just recently and decided to join in hope to find answer to my > question: when did ancestors of my grandchildren emigrate from Pfalz. > According to the records from the Bistumsarchiv Speyer, the RIESER family > lived in the village of Waldsee, Pfalz (now Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district ), > in the 18th century. Johann Valentin RIESER was born in 1782, married Eva > Theresia Claus in 1810. From 1811 through 1835, they had 17 children. > Researching in the USA, I found most of the members of this family in > Missouri in the mid and late 1840s. However, I was unable to find when and > how did these people emigrate from Pfalz and when and where did they enter > the US. Searching New Orleans and other ports revealed dozens of RIESERs, > but none of them "mine". I searched your web page to no avail. > I will appreciate your expert advice and suggestions on what can I do to > find emigration records for this family. > > Ilya Zeldes > Fort Myers, Florida > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Again, Just checked locality listings at the LDS FH library catalogue for place name listed on ship manifest. Instead of Wittlonsweiter it should be Wittlensweiler. It is in the Wurttemburg area. Susan E ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Richards" <wlrich@adelphia.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Christina HEITZMAN in 1820-1852 Baltimore Passenger Lists I have attempted to look at the “free” Ancestry.com Immigrant Passenger Lists but have not been able to “register”. The site tells me I’m already “registered” (probably from an earlier attempt to use a “free” offer) but Ancestry.com will not send me the info I need to re-register. Anyway, on the Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1852, shown in the “teaser”, I found Christina Heitzman, b. abt 1816, origin Wittlensweiler, departed Bremen. Her husband, Mathias Heitzman (Heitzmann) was not listed on the little bit I saw. However, when I attempted to get more info on Christina, that’s when I ran into the registering problem mentioned above. I’m hoping someone who has access to Ancestry.com can look up Christina HEITZMAN for me and give me the information that I could not access. If you can find her husband, Mathias, too, that would be a tremendous bonus. I’ve been trying for years, literally, to find that information and this is the closest I’ve come. If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Bill Richards ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bill, I think this is what you need: Microfilm M255_2 pg 1 Ship - Barque Johanna, Master - ?Linder Nensing? or could be Vensing, but looks like an 'N' Aug 6 1838, from Bremen to Baltimore. Last residence for all was Wittlonsweiter. 1- Conrad Heitzman Farmer Destination Hamilton 61 yrs 2- Johann " Weaver " 35 3- Christina " " 22 4- Sophia " " 14 5- Martin " Farmer " 18 6- Anna Maria " 10 I have spent a few minutes trying to locate Mathias on the passenger lists and even the 1850 census where one does turn up in PA as a clockmaker, age would work but wife's name was not Christina. I am wondering if the Martin listed above is not your man, maybe he changed his name. I will be out of town tomorrow but will be happy to check further if you have other information. There is a Mathias Heitzman that ends up in Iowa, but dates don't seem to work. Susan Eppich in northern Indiana, with lots of elusive PA ancestors and a German/TN 2nd g grandfather by name of Heydemann that is especially elusive, hence my interest in your name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Richards" <wlrich@adelphia.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Christina HEITZMAN in 1820-1852 Baltimore Passenger Lists I have attempted to look at the “free” Ancestry.com Immigrant Passenger Lists but have not been able to “register”. The site tells me I’m already “registered” (probably from an earlier attempt to use a “free” offer) but Ancestry.com will not send me the info I need to re-register. Anyway, on the Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1852, shown in the “teaser”, I found Christina Heitzman, b. abt 1816, origin Wittlensweiler, departed Bremen. Her husband, Mathias Heitzman (Heitzmann) was not listed on the little bit I saw. However, when I attempted to get more info on Christina, that’s when I ran into the registering problem mentioned above. I’m hoping someone who has access to Ancestry.com can look up Christina HEITZMAN for me and give me the information that I could not access. If you can find her husband, Mathias, too, that would be a tremendous bonus. I’ve been trying for years, literally, to find that information and this is the closest I’ve come. If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Bill Richards ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sandy – A number of people have been good enough to send me the full record of the Christina Heitzman I found in the “free” Ancestry.com offer. Unfortunately, although the same age as my gg-grandmother, she was not my ancestor. It’s too bad because there seems to be a wealth of information about her and her family. Well, I guess that’s not actually the situation in my case. I have a great deal of info about my great-great ancestors – I just don’t know exactly when or how they got here to the States. As far as I know, Christina and Mathias were married when they came to this country. They arrived about 1835 because their first child, my g-grandfather, was born in 1836 in Baltimore. Since they lived in Baltimore and, as far as I know, had no relatives living in this country prior to their arrival, I’m assuming that Baltimore was their most likely port of entry but, of course, they may have arrived via another port. As for Matthias, my gg-grandfather, he was born in 1810 and came here from Wurttemburg, Germany. I even have a copy of the letter the burghermeisters gave him attesting to his good character. The spelling of the last name varies among the various records thusly: HEITZMAN, HEITZMANN, HEIZMAN, HEIZMANN. There are other variations and misspellings, such as an S instead of a Z, too. Also, MATTHIAS is often spelled as MATHIAS, or, in one church record, as MARTIN and, then, later as MATTHEW. So, Lord knows how their names were spelled on the ship’s passenger list. Anyway, I want to thank you for your quick response. I thought the “hit” on Christina was finally the one I was looking for. Looks like I’ll have to keep looking, but you’ve given me renewed hope. Again, thanks. Bill Richards

Bill, I have a subscription to Ancestry.com and looked for a Christina Heitzman and a Mathias Heitzman and found a 1900 census record that shows them living in Port Jarvis, Orange, New York. However, her birth year is listed as 1838, from Wurttemberg. He immigrated in 1852 and she in 1854. Is this the Christina that you are looking for? Am willing to do further research, if you want. Did find a Christina Heitzman, born abt 1816, but haven't been able to connect her with a Mathias. Maybe you could supply a little more information. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Richards" <wlrich@adelphia.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 5:15 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Christina HEITZMAN in 1820-1852 Baltimore Passenger Lists I have attempted to look at the “free” Ancestry.com Immigrant Passenger Lists but have not been able to “register”. The site tells me I’m already “registered” (probably from an earlier attempt to use a “free” offer) but Ancestry.com will not send me the info I need to re-register. Anyway, on the Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1852, shown in the “teaser”, I found Christina Heitzman, b. abt 1816, origin Wittlensweiler, departed Bremen. Her husband, Mathias Heitzman (Heitzmann) was not listed on the little bit I saw. However, when I attempted to get more info on Christina, that’s when I ran into the registering problem mentioned above. I’m hoping someone who has access to Ancestry.com can look up Christina HEITZMAN for me and give me the information that I could not access. If you can find her husband, Mathias, too, that would be a tremendous bonus. I’ve been trying for years, literally, to find that information and this is the closest I’ve come. If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Bill Richards ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You might try Baltimore as a port for them. Mine came through there and as of yet there is nothing online regarding these passenger lists. Jan B. -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ilyaz Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:10 AM To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [G-P-L] Self introduction Hello everybody, my name is Ilya. Although I do genealogical research for almost 50 years and published a book about it, this group is new to me. I've heard about it just recently and decided to join in hope to find answer to my question: when did ancestors of my grandchildren emigrate from Pfalz. According to the records from the Bistumsarchiv Speyer, the RIESER family lived in the village of Waldsee, Pfalz (now Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district ), in the 18th century. Johann Valentin RIESER was born in 1782, married Eva Theresia Claus in 1810. From 1811 through 1835, they had 17 children. Researching in the USA, I found most of the members of this family in Missouri in the mid and late 1840s. However, I was unable to find when and how did these people emigrate from Pfalz and when and where did they enter the US. Searching New Orleans and other ports revealed dozens of RIESERs, but none of them "mine". I searched your web page to no avail. I will appreciate your expert advice and suggestions on what can I do to find emigration records for this family. Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have attempted to look at the “free” Ancestry.com Immigrant Passenger Lists but have not been able to “register”. The site tells me I’m already “registered” (probably from an earlier attempt to use a “free” offer) but Ancestry.com will not send me the info I need to re-register. Anyway, on the Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1852, shown in the “teaser”, I found Christina Heitzman, b. abt 1816, origin Wittlensweiler, departed Bremen. Her husband, Mathias Heitzman (Heitzmann) was not listed on the little bit I saw. However, when I attempted to get more info on Christina, that’s when I ran into the registering problem mentioned above. I’m hoping someone who has access to Ancestry.com can look up Christina HEITZMAN for me and give me the information that I could not access. If you can find her husband, Mathias, too, that would be a tremendous bonus. I’ve been trying for years, literally, to find that information and this is the closest I’ve come. If you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Bill Richards

Well said!!!!! Conrad Luhmann 910-799-2139 cluhmann@ec.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Martin Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:27 AM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Failure to delete previous messages and replies Please, when you reply to a message on the list make sure that you delete all the old messages besides just the part needed to show what you are referring to. I left the Topic summary below just to show that all of these were replies to previous messages that were replies to more previous messages and none of it was useful to subscribers. You might just alienate the very person who might have the answer to your brick wall. Just remember to delete and please don't reply to this message on the list. We don't want to have another chain of apologies and repeat messages. I love all the real Germany passenger list related messages and thank all those who help getting the answers. Jan Martin On Nov 16, 2006, at 8:16 AM, germany-passenger-lists- request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What's new ?? (Bbfritch@aol.com) > 2. Re: Where is the mail? (For Ursula-Apologies to the list) > (Peppy Thiry) > 3. Re: Where is the mail? ( For Ursula) (Peppy Thiry) > 4. Re: Where is the mail? ( For Ursula) (Peppy Thiry) > 5. Re: Where is the mail? ( For Ursula) (Peppy Thiry) > 6. Re: Where is the mail? (Peppy Thiry) > 7. Re: Where is the mail? (Peppy Thiry) > 8. Re: Where is the mail? (For Ursula-Apologies to the list) > (Peppy Thiry) > 9. Re: computer literacy and education comment (Peppy Thiry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Hello Robert, Where did your KAES ancestors settle? Did they settle in Tilden, Polk Co., Minnesota around 1883? You wrote that Josef KAES' father and grandfather were also named Josef. Did they come to the US as well? Can you elaborate a bit more? Ursula from Michigan [as is well again with my email -- bring it on]

Yes, it's going to everyone. Like I said, if you want off the list, go to the bottom of any one of the messages and follow the instructions to unsubscribe. And there's no need to forward everything you get. We're already getting the originals. Just delete them. Elaine On 11/16/06, Peppy Thiry <peppy39@centurytel.net> wrote: > Thank you - I don't know what is happening but I am getting loads of mail - > and this is going to everyone???? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elaine O'Neill" <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> > To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:30 PM > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Archive question > > > > Peppy, > > > > It's not necessary for you to forward the messages you are receiving > > back to the list. We're all getting the same messages, plus the ones > > you're forwarding back. > > If you are receiving mail that you don't want, look at the bottom of > > each e-mail and it gives directions on how to unsubscribe. > > > > Elaine > > > > On 11/15/06, Peppy Thiry <peppy39@centurytel.net> wrote: > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello everybody, my name is Ilya. Although I do genealogical research for almost 50 years and published a book about it, this group is new to me. I've heard about it just recently and decided to join in hope to find answer to my question: when did ancestors of my grandchildren emigrate from Pfalz. According to the records from the Bistumsarchiv Speyer, the RIESER family lived in the village of Waldsee, Pfalz (now Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district ), in the 18th century. Johann Valentin RIESER was born in 1782, married Eva Theresia Claus in 1810. From 1811 through 1835, they had 17 children. Researching in the USA, I found most of the members of this family in Missouri in the mid and late 1840s. However, I was unable to find when and how did these people emigrate from Pfalz and when and where did they enter the US. Searching New Orleans and other ports revealed dozens of RIESERs, but none of them "mine". I searched your web page to no avail. I will appreciate your expert advice and suggestions on what can I do to find emigration records for this family. Ilya Zeldes Fort Myers, Florida