Actually, prior to the Rev. War the colonies were the domain of the British and they frowned upon any ships that sailed to the new world without first departing from the British Isles. Very few if any ships went to the colonies from anywhere except from England! rfs in omaha, ne On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 16:38:32 +0100 "Bryan Mawer" <bryan@mawer.clara.co.uk> writes: > >This is the first mention of UK in this discussion, so may I remind >researchers that often German migrants found there way to N America >via UK ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!