I am out of ideas and places to search. Johann Phillip Laubach b. 14 March 1856 Alt Messer, Russia, immigrated with wife Katherine Marie, Phillip Jr. b. @1882 and Mollie (Amalia) b. @1885. Per his obit the family immigrated 1885. First went to Peoria, Illinois. Then to Kansas @1890, then to Okla. I have the Okla. information. Am searching for his arrival. Have checked Boston, Baltimore, Castle Garden, NY lists, Philadelphia, Galveston. Searched by first names of all, surname, used wildcards thinking the name is not spelled correctly, dates of birth, place of origin. Nothing! Does someone on the list live in Peoria? Am wondering if he made his Declaration of Intent there and possibly that would have date of arrival and ship name. Would someone mind checking for this information? It would be greatly appreciated. They were Germans to Russia to USA. I have been on the Odessa webpage, have checked other lists relating to the Germans from Russia. Have checked the books at the library on this immigration and never find this family. Does someone on the list live in Finney County, Kansas? Ancestry shows two Henry Laubach names who made their declaration in 1887. There are no details. Clerk of the District Court Office records extracted by a compiler in book form, but I do not have access to this book. Frances Wheeler Embree was the extractor if this is helpful. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions, help, new ideas. Thank you. Carole in Georgia

Carole, Since you are dealing with a German Russian why not try the German Russian Society in Lincoln, NE? They have so much documentation. I have found many immigration records through their publications. Send an email to them and ask for help. I have a cousin working there plus other friends. Another location you might look is the Messer Website for immigrants from that area. Ray On Jan 6, 2006, at 12:19 PM, carole lubbers wrote: > I am out of ideas and places to search. Johann Phillip Laubach b. > 14 March 1856 Alt Messer, Russia, immigrated with wife Katherine > Marie, Phillip Jr. b. @1882 and Mollie (Amalia) b. @1885. Per his > obit the family immigrated 1885. First went to Peoria, Illinois. > Then to Kansas @1890, then to Okla. I have the Okla. information. > > Am searching for his arrival. Have checked Boston, Baltimore, > Castle Garden, NY lists, Philadelphia, Galveston. Searched by > first names of all, surname, used wildcards thinking the name is > not spelled correctly, dates of birth, place of origin. Nothing! > > Does someone on the list live in Peoria? Am wondering if he made > his Declaration of Intent there and possibly that would have date > of arrival and ship name. Would someone mind checking for this > information? It would be greatly appreciated. > > They were Germans to Russia to USA. I have been on the Odessa > webpage, have checked other lists relating to the Germans from > Russia. Have checked the books at the library on this immigration > and never find this family. > > Does someone on the list live in Finney County, Kansas? Ancestry > shows two Henry Laubach names who made their declaration in 1887. > There are no details. Clerk of the District Court Office records > extracted by a compiler in book form, but I do not have access to > this book. Frances Wheeler Embree was the extractor if this is > helpful. > > I would greatly appreciate any suggestions, help, new ideas. > Thank you. > Carole in Georgia > > > > > ==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== > To receive the OHSTARK-L message board/gateway'd posts, > click the following link: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=send gateways> >