KUDOS! Ursula, Bill, and the many who helped Elaine with her brick wall. I was curious as to how the family name changed from Maleschefsky to MAHL? Was it enroute to America? or Before? At Castle Garden they are listed Walischewska, but as I've learned from reading many immigrant stories from many nations, how one says a surname of their origin is almost always certain to be foreign or very unfamiliar to American ears. I'd happened upon the MAHL surname on www.genealogy.org. Please... I'd really like to hear about your Mahl/Maleschefsky/Walischewska journey. Regards, --Manaia Elaine O'Neill <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> wrote: THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This must be them.......the ages and first names are right. I know it's asking a lot, but would you possibly be able to copy the document for me? I had to let my Ancestry subscription lapse because my husband is out of work and I can't get in to view the document itself. Thank you once again so very very much!!! Elaine On 11/6/06, Ursula B. Adamson wrote: > Hello Elaine, > I believe I have found them ... check them out at Ancestry.com: > > Friedr. Walischewska, age 27 > Maria, age 29 > Miene, age 3 > Otto, age 11 mos. > Arrival: 9 May 1888 > Bremen/Southampton to New York > Ship Werra > > Ursula from MI > > > Elaine O'Neill wrote: > > Thanks, Bill. I've tried there but the search engine kept getting > > hung up and I got no results at all. I'll have to try again, I guess. > > > > Regards, > > Elaine > > > > On 11/5/06, WMFHLNGR@aol.com wrote: > > > >>You say they arrived in 1888. Ellis Island was not open yet > >>so try some research through CASTLE GARDEN Immigration > >>records. > >> > >> Bill FehlingeNJ --------------------------------- Sponsored Link Try Netflix today! With plans starting at only $5.99 a month what are you waiting for?

Hi Manaia, Regarding the name change from Maleschefsky to Mahl.......my Gr-gr-Grandfather never changed it. My Gr-Grandfather is the one who did and he seemed to use whichever name struck his fancy at the moment. He married using Mahl, but when my father was born and when he was baptized it was again Maleschefsky, and then when my father's sister was born it was again Mahl. My father had his name legally changed to Mahl in the 1940s. I don't know a lot about this side of my family. My father died when I was only 8 and my mother didn't keep in touch with his family afterward. Elaine On 11/6/06, manaia alofa <manaiaalofa@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I was curious as to how the family name changed from Maleschefsky to MAHL? Was it enroute to America? or Before? > > At Castle Garden they are listed Walischewska, but as I've learned from reading many immigrant stories from many nations, how one says a surname of their origin is almost always certain to be foreign or very unfamiliar to American ears. > > I'd happened upon the MAHL surname on www.genealogy.org. > > Please... I'd really like to hear about your Mahl/Maleschefsky/Walischewska journey. > > Regards, > --Manaia > > > Elaine O'Neill <elaineoneill1948@gmail.com> wrote: > THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This must be them.......the ages and first names > are right. I know it's asking a lot, but would you possibly be able > to copy the document for me? I had to let my Ancestry subscription > lapse because my husband is out of work and I can't get in to view the > document itself. > Thank you once again so very very much!!! > > Elaine > > On 11/6/06, Ursula B. Adamson wrote: > > Hello Elaine, > > I believe I have found them ... check them out at Ancestry.com: > > > > Friedr. Walischewska, age 27 > > Maria, age 29 > > Miene, age 3 > > Otto, age 11 mos. > > Arrival: 9 May 1888 > > Bremen/Southampton to New York > > Ship Werra > > > > Ursula from MI > > > > > > Elaine O'Neill wrote: > > > Thanks, Bill. I've tried there but the search engine kept getting > > > hung up and I got no results at all. I'll have to try again, I guess. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Elaine > > > > > > On 11/5/06, WMFHLNGR@aol.com wrote: > > > > > >>You say they arrived in 1888. Ellis Island was not open yet > > >>so try some research through CASTLE GARDEN Immigration > > >>records. > > >> > > >> Bill FehlingeNJ > > > > --------------------------------- > Sponsored Link > > Try Netflix today! With plans starting at only $5.99 a month what are you waiting for? > > ------------------------------- > 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 >