Posted on: JoDaviess Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/JoDaviess/10903 Surname: SCHNEIDER, KASS, KAPE, KAEB, KABE, HELMICK, HELLMICK, REDEMER ------------------------- My gggrandfather, Ernst Schneider, along with his mother, Magdalena and father Casper arrived in the port of New York on June 27, 1861 from Bremen Germany via a ship named HERMINE. They migrated to JoDaviess Co. sometime thereafter. Does anyone know of this ship HERMINE or have any ancestors who came to the US on this ship?