Joanne, I don't think that Germans to America will have any more information. As far as I know, the authors only worked with the ship's manifests. I checked on Ancestry and found Anna, but I don't think it says that she comes from Prussia. That is written next to brackets for a couple of names a number of entries before hers on the list. Her name is encompassed by a larger bracket that says Germany. I'm not sure what that means here -- everything except Prussia?? Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Schmidt" <jcsmitty1212@yahoo.com> To: "german passenger list" <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Can someone look up Germans to America for me? I sent this query earlier but when it never got into the email I realized the address was different. It had "bounce" in the address, so I'm confused. Anyway: here's my query if anyone can help. I found my great-grandmother on a New York passenger list, but wondered if someone who has access to Germans to America would be kind enough to see if there is a code next to her name in the 1873 volume that would narrow down her place of origin. Her name is Anna Berndt, and she arrived in New York on May 8, 1873 on the ship Hammonia. She was age 18 at the time, having been born abt 1855. The port of departure was Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France. The original passenger list seemed to indicate she was from Prussia, but I didn't know if the book series might be more precise. Thanks in advance for your help. Joanne Schmidt --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------- 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 message

Maybe I need to go back and look again, Susan. I would have sworn that there was a ditto mark next to her name indicating she, like the passengers immediately ahead of her on the list, was from Prussia. But it wouldn't be the first time I misread something. I do have a general question for those expert in the Germans to America Series: if the information provided on passengers listed in Ancestry is no less than that found in the G to A series, then where does the latter get the info that goes in the codes. (E.G., HD000 with the HD representing Hesse Darmstadt and the number next to it indicating the town in the code list at the front of each volume?) Please forgive my ignorance if everybody already knows the answer to this. I'm still feeling my way along and learning as I go. It would help me tremendously if I understood how the various sources assemble their info and who copies from who. Joanne Susan Clark <susan.g.clark@comcast.net> wrote: Joanne, I don't think that Germans to America will have any more information. As far as I know, the authors only worked with the ship's manifests. I checked on Ancestry and found Anna, but I don't think it says that she comes from Prussia. That is written next to brackets for a couple of names a number of entries before hers on the list. Her name is encompassed by a larger bracket that says Germany. I'm not sure what that means here -- everything except Prussia?? Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Schmidt" To: "german passenger list" Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 10:03 PM Subject: [G-P-L] Can someone look up Germans to America for me? I sent this query earlier but when it never got into the email I realized the address was different. It had "bounce" in the address, so I'm confused. Anyway: here's my query if anyone can help. I found my great-grandmother on a New York passenger list, but wondered if someone who has access to Germans to America would be kind enough to see if there is a code next to her name in the 1873 volume that would narrow down her place of origin. Her name is Anna Berndt, and she arrived in New York on May 8, 1873 on the ship Hammonia. She was age 18 at the time, having been born abt 1855. The port of departure was Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France. The original passenger list seemed to indicate she was from Prussia, but I didn't know if the book series might be more precise. Thanks in advance for your help. Joanne Schmidt --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------- 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 message ------------------------------- 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 message --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.

Joanne, Some lists do give more specific info on the place in Germany a person was from, but many don't. I haven't looked at Germans to America for a while, but I suspect it doesn't give specific codes for everyone. Someone more familiar than me with the series could say if this was the case or not. I'll send you the original image I found so that you can look at it. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Schmidt" <jcsmitty1212@yahoo.com> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Germans to America --response to Susan > Maybe I need to go back and look again, Susan. I would have sworn that > there was a ditto mark next to her name indicating she, like the > passengers immediately ahead of her on the list, was from Prussia. But it > wouldn't be the first time I misread something. > > I do have a general question for those expert in the Germans to America > Series: if the information provided on passengers listed in Ancestry is no > less than that found in the G to A series, then where does the latter get > the info that goes in the codes. (E.G., HD000 with the HD representing > Hesse Darmstadt and the number next to it indicating the town in the code > list at the front of each volume?) > > Please forgive my ignorance if everybody already knows the answer to > this. I'm still feeling my way along and learning as I go. It would help > me tremendously if I understood how the various sources assemble their > info and who copies from who. > > Joanne