What about immigration/travel/port records? I know this was before Ellis Island. Where would he of left from anyway. Baltimore? New York? How does one find those records? My great grandfather came from Arnshain, Hesse-Darmstadt. I think anything our Hesse immigrants did here after immigration qualifies for discussion on this list. He returned to Germany in 1862, and for some reason made his way to Switzerland and married in 1865. I wish figuring out how that came to be were as simple as tracking censuses for the bride's family, whose given names we don't know. Because he was there for about 3 years, does anyone think there is any sort of document I might find him on in that little time? Susan