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.

Hello Clifford, Your ancestor's first name was probably Kresenzia/Cresenzia. She later went by the name of Grace {this name change would be a real nightmare for German family researchers wouldn't it!). You wrote that you can't come up with 'creative alternate spellings', try the Ellis Island site and in the search field type only the surname, i.e. "Amberger". It will then list every imagineable spelling and mispelling of that name. When you are sure that Grace came in 1904 [at least that's what she said on the 1910 census] you will have no choice but to click on each of the surnames to see if there is a Kresenzia or similar person hiding behind that surname. Do not type in her first name or the first letter of her first name, only the surname. I had to do that one time but luckily I found the person before I had to go through the entire list. Happy hunting! Ursula from Michigan Bishlark@aol.com wrote: > 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. >