Robert, Ancestry Germany has the Hamburg departure lists online, but only years 1877 to 1914 are indexed so far. So only these years can be searched. But all other years (1850 - 1934) are online just as images. I did find your Anne Spahn on an image and will send you the image directly. Greetings from Berlin Walter > Does anyone have any experience/success with researching emigration > records from the source country? Does that require an Internation > account at Ancestory? Is it worth the expense? > > The ship in question is called the Westphalia; arrived NY, 24 Jul 1871 > from Hamburg Germany. My brick wall is Anne Spahn.