Actually, the 1992 edition (Picton Press) is the best of the lot. This is the first complete reprint of the Pennsylvania German Society's 1934 edition. It has corrections where a couple ship lists were mislabeled and as opposed to the 1966 edition, it has all the lists, historical background, etc which are in the original ..... including a critique of the mistakes in the Rupp work which is useful when looking at that data. I do not know of the availability in libraries but it's available for purchase .... pricy though ($175 for the three volumes). I've found it well worth it for my personal library. Joe David Foy wrote: > Hello Kay > I highly recommend you use Interlibrary Loan to borrow the > three-volume first edition of Strassburger, Ralph B., "Pennsylvania > German Pioneers: A publication of the original lists of arrivals in > the port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808." The original 3-vol edition > from, I believe 1934, includes a volume containing the passengers' > facsimile signatures; the 1966 reprint by the Geneaological Publishing > Company omits that volume. You already have the relevant passenger > list, apparently, but Strassburger's introductory essays to the three > volumes are full of wonderful information and will answer many of your > questions. > > David Foy > ("Fey" in 1741, according to the passenger list for the snow Molly, > Oct 26 of that year.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Rockett [mailto:KayRockett@webtv.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 4:57 PM > To: PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PFALZ] German Research > > I surely hope you folks are just sitting there, eager to help a newby > who knows absolutely NOTHING about German genealogy but who has just > discovered an ancestor who was a German immigrant!! > > I am SO anxious to learn more about his life in Germany, where he > lived, > who his parents were, etc. > > My eagerly awaited papers arrived today, and I truly believe the > signature on the passenger list and the signature on the will, > although > 40 years apart, were made by the same man. SO!!! His name was Peter > KIEFFER (COOPER in America). I don't know his life span or birth year, > but he died in York Co, PA in 1766. He married Margaretta FRY in PA; > she > was the daughter of John and Dorothea FRY. His children were named > Adam, > Peter, Maria Eva "Eve", and Elizabeth; Adam was the first son. He > arrived in Philadelphia on the Robert And Alice 11 September 1738. The > book that contains this information reads: "At the Courthouse of > Philadelphia, September 11th, 1738. Present The Honourable George > Thomas, Esqr, Lt Gov....The Palatines whose Names are underwritten, > imported in the Ship Robert and Alice, of Dublin, Walter Goodman, > Comr, > from Rotterdam, but last from Dover in England, did this day take and > subscribe the Oaths to the Government." > > Are there records involving immigration that show the names of parents > and/or other pertinent data? ...