I"ll hazard a guess and say Port of New York, but needless to say many went to Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Canada. Z On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:46:04 -0500 "Jann Parks" <townefabric@rural-net.com> writes: > Henry and Mary Gottlip Texter came to Amherst from Germany in 1854. > Does any one have an idea of what port most of the German people > came into at that time? > Thank you for all the help you have given me in the past. > Jann Whalen Parks