Thanks, Jan, for your suggestion. Sure, I looked there too, but no luck... IZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Self introduction > You might try Baltimore as a port for them. Mine came through there and > as of yet there is nothing online regarding these passenger lists. > > Jan B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:germany-passenger-lists-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ilyaz > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:10 AM > To: GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [G-P-L] Self introduction > > Hello everybody, > > my name is Ilya. Although I do genealogical research for almost 50 years > and published a book about it, this group is new to me. I've heard about > it just recently and decided to join in hope to find answer to my > question: when did ancestors of my grandchildren emigrate from Pfalz. > According to the records from the Bistumsarchiv Speyer, the RIESER family > lived in the village of Waldsee, Pfalz (now Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district ), > in the 18th century. Johann Valentin RIESER was born in 1782, married Eva > Theresia Claus in 1810. From 1811 through 1835, they had 17 children. > Researching in the USA, I found most of the members of this family in > Missouri in the mid and late 1840s. However, I was unable to find when and > how did these people emigrate from Pfalz and when and where did they enter > the US. Searching New Orleans and other ports revealed dozens of RIESERs, > but none of them "mine". I searched your web page to no avail. > I will appreciate your expert advice and suggestions on what can I do to > find emigration records for this family. > > Ilya Zeldes > Fort Myers, Florida > > ------------------------------- > 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