Was he Catholic? Looking at the IGI on www.familysearch.org and choosing "Germany" for the search area - yeilds 83 records for "Joa." Nearly all of them are Catholic and from Pfalz, Bayern (Bavaria.) Good map site, lot of 1882 maps - http://feefhs.org/maps/indexmap.html (scroll down) I think most crossings took (more or less depending on weather and prevailing winds) six weeks. I think a couple of the more popular destinations in 1868 on the east coast were Boston and New York. But, with out further clues, he could have landed just about anywhere. I have an ancestor that landed somewhere on the east coast in Canada and then he snuck into Minnesota across the border. Since he was, in effect, an illegal immigrant from Canada, he was too scared to ever get his U.S. citizenship papers. Was Andreas Joa still living and in the U.S. during the 1900 census? Columns in the 1900 U.S. census (16)Year of Immigration to the United States (17)Number of Years in the United States (18)Naturalization Kathy [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for responding, Phil. Andreas Joa left Germany in 1868 or late > 1867 depending on the length of the voyage. He is said (by family > members) to have been a stowaway, found too late to turn back and > arrived in New York (???) on or about March 19, 1868. Since he was > presumably awol from the Bavarian army and didn't want to serve under > the Prussians, he point or origin becomes very cloudy. I have > exhaustively researched the Immigrant Ships Transcribers and have looked > in several volumes ie Immigrants to America. His naturalization papers > contain no information other than renouncing allegiance to the King of > Bavaria. He came west upon arrival to become a farmer and as far as I > know had no military record. Taxes? Where? If I sound desperate, I > am. I've just about given up on his crossing. Anyway, thanks for your > suggestions. > Roseline in Alberta > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Knowing these things doesn't always help either. I have a great grandfather who came to America in 1880. He was born in Austria, ran away from home and worked in Vienna for awhile so he'd have the money for fare to the US. I know that he arrived in 1880, I know that he was naturalized and have the second papers, but the first papers can't be found. And we have no clue where he came into the states at. He's not in the IGI, although he is on the internet courtesy of a cousin with very poor information. He also hasn't been found on any records in Austria as of yet. My Swedish relatives left Sweden through Norway, I believe, and haven't found out exactly when they arrived yet or what ship they were on. I know the approximate dates, but they don't seem to be on any transcription. My method is to gather as much as I can and move on to other information and eventually, I will get these other bits of info as well. My 2¢ Teri On 3 Dec 2002 at 1:10, Kathy Hines wrote: > > Was Andreas Joa still living and in the U.S. during the 1900 census? > Columns in the 1900 U.S. census > (16)Year of Immigration to the United States > (17)Number of Years in the United States > (18)Naturalization > > Kathy > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Thanks for responding, Phil. Andreas Joa left Germany in 1868 or late > > 1867 depending on the length of the voyage. He is said (by family > > members) to have been a stowaway, found too late to turn back and > > arrived in New York (???) on or about March 19, 1868. Since he was > > presumably awol from the Bavarian army and didn't want to serve under > > the Prussians, he point or origin becomes very cloudy. I have > > exhaustively researched the Immigrant Ships Transcribers and have looked > > in several volumes ie Immigrants to America. His naturalization papers > > contain no information other than renouncing allegiance to the King of > > Bavaria. He came west upon arrival to become a farmer and as far as I > > know had no military record. Taxes? Where? If I sound desperate, I > > am. I've just about given up on his crossing. Anyway, thanks for your > > suggestions. > > Roseline in Alberta > > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > * * * * * * * * II Chron 7:14 If my people that are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land. (KJV) * * * * * * * * http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~tc186698/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/