I am a newbie to this list, searching for information on Bremen to New York passenger Gottfried SCHROTH, age 33 of Hesse, Darmstadt; arrival date 07/14/1851; declaration date 05/27/1854. This information is from Citizenship Record Abstracts 1837-1916, U. Cincinnati, Ohio. His Declaration of Intention states that he emigrated from Bremen 7 June, 1851 and arrived at New York 14 July, 1851. How can I further trace this man in Germany? I have tried varied sources in US with no luck. I wrote to Hesse Staatsarchiv in Darmstadt; the reply was that he was not registered in their emmigrant cards, and that the family name is very common there. They need the exact place of origin to pull out further means of searching. How can I find him there? Any ideas from the list using this meager information that I have? Can anyone help? Ann in NC