I thought Prussia was part of Germany? This correspondence sounds as if they are two different countries?? Betty FL Susan: I apologize!!!!!!! I was able to magnify the image you sent me, and it seems as if someone drew some sort of parenthesis above and below the word "Germany" to indicate which passengers are which. Thank you so much for pointing this out to me or I would have contnued believing she was from Prussia. These lists are about as clear as mud! Very hard to decipher. Still, I'd be interested to see if Ger to Am has a code next to her name--or even if that particular passenger list was transcribed. Thanks for going to so much trouble for me. I appreciate it very much! Joanne Susan Clark <susan.g.clark@comcast.net> wrote: 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" To: 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