Kerry, there's a lot of information in my presentation "Castle Garden 1855-1890" that describes how our ancestors entered America and then got to their New Home. I'll be giving this (and a related presentation "Sailing to America" at the Family History Fair in Escondido, California on March 5th. The San Diego Historical Society has info on this event. Robert Brenner www.brennerbooks.com -----Original Message----- From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of germany-passenger-lists-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:01 AM To: germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com Subject: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 16 Today's Topics: 1. (no subject) (Kerry Fuhrmeister) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:41:23 -0800 From: Kerry Fuhrmeister <ruby71975@msn.com> Subject: [G-P-L] (no subject) To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BLU136-W1C85A955950B41EDCDFB8E4ED0@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello everyone, I wanted to know if anyone knows what a person would typically do once they arrived to the United States? Specifically arriving in Galveston, TX in the mid 1800's. I have sent this question to a historical society in Galveston, TX and have not heard back. Were there rules in place about having a job and knowing a person here already and speaking English? Just curious. Kerry ------------------------------ To contact the GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS list administrator, send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS mailing list, send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 16 ******************************************************