This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHRISTIANSEN, GEERTZ, KIRCHNER, YOUNG Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qk.2ADI/3526 Message Board Post: Hi there in Clinton, Iowa from Barbara "Down Under" My 2nd great grandparents emigrated from Schleswig Holstein, Denmark (it was Germany by then) to Clinton, Iowa approx. 1883. I have details from Clinton Court House showing them in the town in 1883, 1884, 1885 & 1886. We know they were in Australia in 1887 - BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT HERE....... Did they swim - don't think so....! My query for SKS on this message board is - Are there shipping/emigration records for that time frame that might show when, and on what ship they came to Australia ....? If such records exist - their details are: GEERTZ (possibly variations in spelling), Hans Christian GEERTZ, Brodina (wife) GEERTZ, Malina (daughter) Fingers crossed. Barbara