I'm looking for any Schindler's and Hirschi's in Iowa. My GGGrandmother, Magdalena Schindler Hirschi came to America from Switzerland on the Underwriter in 1860. I find her on the passenger list with her husband David Hirschi who died coming across the ocean and was buried at sea, and their two children Magdalena (also known as Maud Lena) and Daniel (who may actually have been David rather than Daniel). They arrived in New York around the end of May or first of June in 1860. Others on the ship went to Nebraska to meet up with the Mormon wagon trains. But my search does not find Magdalena and her children there with them. There was a Parry family who came from Wales on the Underwriter at that time also. Thomas and Ann--the parents--and children Joseph, Leah, Emma and David They were in Nebraska when the census was taken in 1860. Their son Joseph eventually married Magdalena's daughter, Magdalena or Maud Lena, and they lived in Salt Lake City until their deaths. But I don't know where they married. I just have records of them in Salt Lake and nothing on Magdalena's family between arriving in New York until I see the daughter married and living in Salt Lake. If anyone knows of either one of these families I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Jan Merkley windsongplace@aol.com