Hello Fred, This was all I could find for the surname was this Naturalization Record. This was only searching one Internet database though. Kathleen __ Frederick Axthelm Origin: Germany Declaration of Intent Date: Oct 14, 1842 Declaration of Intent Court: Quarter Sessions Signature 2: Frederick Axthelm Comment: 2282 ref.: book volume - Philadelphia Naturalization Records edited by P. William Filby, 1982 -and- Information from PA State Archives: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/naturali.htm for Quarterly Sessions Court write: Philadelphia City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 The City Archives has naturalization records for the City and County of Philadelphia for 1794-1903 and 1914-1930. There are no records of the 1904-1913 period available from the City. http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm & Ports of Entry - Philadelphia: http://www.cyndislist.com/portsentry.htm#Philadelphia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AMISHP51635@aol.com wrote:I am interested in finding any AXTHELM that came in through the port of Philadelphia. My brother has a passport dated 1824. Fred Axthelm --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.