David, Your quest is a common one for many of us. But, especially for a woman, there are very few records, and the time frame matters in what might be found. Passenger lists - Early ones only have name, age, country of origin, maybe occupation. They expanded over time, adding more info along the way, including physical description. Your relative is too early for much info. Naturallization - Early records for couples, all done under the man's info, with wife and any children added as an almost after thought. Once women got the vote, they got their own paperwork, even if married. That didn't happen until the 1920's. I have records for my grandparents (1910/1911) No pictures. His brother & wife, in the early 1920's each with own petition, again no pictures. Dying in 1911, again, too late for what you're looking for. Driver's license?? First, there were very few cars around in 1911. And, I'm sure that 99.99 percent were driven by men! I had a granduncle who died in Dec 1913 in NYC after being struck by a motor vehicle. My first thought was how the heck did this happen, since there weren't that many around? Horse-drawn wagons, etc were still very popular. I vaguely remembering finding out that in the entire city of NY, there were less than 14,000 registered motorized vehicles (cars, trucks, etc) My relatives in JC, into the 1930's at least, walked almost everywhere, with an occasional trolley ride or bus ride, going into NYC on what is now known as the PATH. I've got grandparents & one couple of great grandparents, that I'm lucky enough to have a photo, in their later years. Nothing from their youth. Photos were a luxury that wasn't in the budget, I guess. Military records, for men, can be helpful if they exist. The WWI & old man's WWII draft registration can be a treasure, even if they didn't serve. Cheer up, Out of 4 pairs of greatgrandparents, I have one photo. Two pairs, my father's side, stayed in Ireland, so nothing. And, my mother's father's parents, nothing. He died in 1907, she died in early 1930's. They came over in the late 1860;s from somewhere in Ireland, with VERY common names so I haven't even pinned down the passenger lists, and the lists didn't have much back then anyway. I've basically resigned myself to accept things as they are. If something ever turns up, I'll embrace it, but I have no hopes of that happening. 8v( Happy searching, Maureen On 4/20/09, David Stroebel <davidstroebel@yahoo.com> wrote: > > My GGM lived in Jersey City from 1883 to 1911. She was a German immigrant > and died in 1911. Can someone please tell me what documents existed that > would contain her name, date of birth, height, weight, eye & hair color? > > I already have her death certificate. She became a citizen when her husband > filed papers. I'm thinking in the way of a driver's license, some kind of > application, etc. There are no known photographs of her, or any indication > of what she looked like. > -- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use,disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply mail and destroy all copies of the original message.