Ursula, thanks for replying. I found my Henry Schmidt on Ship Anna sept 20 1851 age 17 town of origin Bargfeld destination Baltimore occ. tailor I cant find him on 1860 census, the first I find him is his marr in 1864 he lived all his life in Phila. Pa. Thank you for any help. Lorri sea Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Place in Germany > Lorri, > there is no town Bergfeld in Hesse, there are 2 or 3 towns by that name in > other states. > Of course it might help if you'd tell us the name of the immigrant, date > of arrival/name of ship so that we can check the actual passenger ship > list rather than a transcription. > > Ursula > > ____________________________________________________ > There'll come a time, when you'll have no more time. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "juliasgenes" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:49:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Place in Germany > > Hi, Lorri ~ > Check JewishGen Communities Database at > http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp (you may have heard of it > as "ShetelSeeker", the prior name that means the equivalent of "hometown". > A Bergfeld search comes out as today's Barchfeld, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen. > Since I know nothing about German geography (Prussia was near Germany, > wasn't it? .^_^.), I'll leave you to follow the links from the search. And > to any comments other Listees care to make. In addition to this list's > webpage & forum, there's a Rootsweb list called Prussia-Roots that's very > helpful with these kinds of questions, though I haven't been there in at > least 1+ years. > http://www.germanyroots.comhttp://www.germanyroots.com/phpBB3/http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/DEU/PRUSSIA-ROOTS.html > Good luck, Julia > > --- On Wed, 1/13/10, Lorri <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...the place he lived was BERGFELD would anyone have any Idea where this > is?... > Lorri > > > > > > 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