For those of you who might be interested in seeing what the Bremen-Bremerhaven Port Authority area looks like today (there are some high resolution panoramas): http://portfocus.com/details/968540768.html For the other German ports - Port Focus: Germany http://portfocus.com/germany/index.html Country Studies: "This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy." The books include: "Germany", by Eric Solsten, ed. Germany: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1995. http://countrystudies.us/germany/ A history of and available records from the emigration ports of Germany - on ancestry.com (don't need to be a member to read this). It discusses the Bremen Seemannsamt - where to look for records of emigrants who either died or were born on the voyage (a query that's come up here before): "German Ports: Gateway to America" "Ancestry Magazine", March/April 1998, vol. 16 no. 2 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=686