My two cents on this issue. When I get stuck either in passenger lists or censuses I try an unusual first name, and then the first name connected with an approximate age or birth year. Then I scan the results and look for last names that are similar, i.e. the correct number of letters, etc. I can really get lost focusing on last names. I have gotten surprising results. An ancestor's name we have known as Schurick I found on the passenger lists as Schurg because one of the children's name was Ferdinand. Ed Albany, NY

EXCELLENT idea, Ed!!!! Thank you! Barbara Indianapolis IN Ed Mashmann <emashma1@nycap.rr.com> wrote: My two cents on this issue. When I get stuck either in passenger lists or censuses I try an unusual first name, and then the first name connected with an approximate age or birth year. Then I scan the results and look for last names that are similar, i.e. the correct number of letters, etc. I can really get lost focusing on last names. I have gotten surprising results. An ancestor's name we have known as Schurick I found on the passenger lists as Schurg because one of the children's name was Ferdinand. Ed Albany, NY ------------------------------- 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