Hope all of our subscribers will find this information helpful. The information transcribed below was originally found by my cousin Penny and shared with me. It might be helpful to others and in some way help my cousins and I to find out more about our German ancestors who immigrated to the United States and settled in Effingham County. This is a literal translation of a German document and mistakes are entirely possible. " On 14 October 1854 Burgermeister Seeger made a contract with Walter and Reinhard in Mannheim with their agent Karl Kurz in Karlsruhe. The contract was for 100 people from Grisssheim, Baden, Germany to immigrate to the United States. Their journey would take them from Grissheim to Heitersheim, Mannheim to Koln, to Antwerp, Belgium and by ship to New York. The families making the trip were: Raphael Schwable, Thada Hipp, Kaspar Schwable, Franz Thoma, Kolumbian Schegel, Ignaz Schwable, Simon Weiss, Sales Manlet, Erasmus Trosch, Lukas Gsoll, Johann Ritezenthaler, Friedrich Gfoell, Lukas Martin, Peter Schwable, Ludperta Kraus and Franz Weiss. The names of women and children were not shown in the article. Note: Our great-great grandmother Rosina Hipp-Trosch immigrated with our great-great-grandfather Erasmus Trosch. There were 60 adults, 45 children. They sailed from Antwerp on/or/about 24 November 1854. Our great-great-grandparents settled in Effingham County around ! 1855-56. Our first record of them living there is the 1860 Census Arasmus Thrash, wife Rosena, son Henry and daughter Caroline. " I am in the process of getting a verbatim translation of the article done for us and I am willing to share it with all when and if completed. Hope this is helpful to others. If someone comes across any more information on our family and their live in Effingham County please share it with us. Orville W. "Buck" Troesch