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    1. Re: [G-P-L] Fung Raith & Kreszenz Amberger
    2. Peppy Thiry
    3. Can you tell me how to get the ship lists - I don't know name or no., but do have approximate year. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bishlark@aol.com> To: <bavarian-ancestors@rootsweb.com>; <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Cc: <hmschmidt03@msn.com>; <Jjdittmer@aol.com>; <prclbischoff@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:23 AM Subject: [G-P-L] Fung Raith & Kreszenz Amberger > Greetings, > > For many years I have sought my granduncle Frank Raith born in 1885 in > Bavaria Germany. > > Yesterday I used the free offer from ancestry.com. > > I found a Fung Raith. > > Looking at the original it was obvious it was Franz Raith, my man. All > details on the manifest of November 1907 checked out exactly. The > transcriber read > Franz as Fung. > > Now I seek help for one Kreszenz or Creszenz Amberger born in Zenching, > Oberpfalz, Cham, Bavaria in 1884 and came to USA, Langlade County in 1904. > She > was my grandmother. She married Michael Raith in 1904 and when he was > killed by > lightning in 1916 she married his brother Alois (Louis) in 1919. Alois was > my > grandfather. > > I have not been able to find her in any ship list and have not come up > with > any creative alternatives for name spelling. Who would have thought of > Fung > for Franz but when I saw the original manifest it was obvious. > > I welcome any and all help. > > Clifford Louis Bischoff > > Thank you for the person who discovered that my granduncle Wolfgang Raith > was transcribed on Castle Garden site as Wolfgang Laith. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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