Being from the German-Polish border, I think it would be more likely to have left from Hamburg. Those records are available online at Ancestry. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: dskinsey To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: 04 April, 2011 1:05 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 71 >I think that part of the city that straddles the border between > Germany and Poland (called Goerlitz on the Germany side) is in > Silesia. > By the way, the emigration records for 1871 in Bremen, where he likely > sailed, ...