[email protected] writes: Peter helped me earlier with finding my family on ship lists. How do I further research a particular ship? And under what circumstances would a German immigrant have come thru Liverpool, England to New York ? Sandy ****** Sandy, I had my German/Polish family, that came from the Opale part of Germany, also left Liverpool England! I presented this on a Polish list and was told it was common to get a passage out of Germany to a port on the North Sea side of England: Hull. Then take land transportation across England to Liverpool and a boat to America. Perhaps a trains. Our ancestors looked for the best deal when they were traveling. Also, depending on the time, what story did they tell officials why they were leaving Germany! Mine were getting out because their father did not want his two boys to have to serve in the German Army. They 'might' have used the excuse that they were going on Vacation to the North Sea area. Then they never looked back and came to the US. Susanne