I also have stories from my older Great aunts and Uncle, who all say that My Great Grandfather John Anton Kaemmerer and his family entered the US in New Orleans. Their origin was Kirrweiler, Germany. They made the trip sometime between 1840 and 1856. I had heard from some other Pfalz listers last year that there were no ships taking people to New Orleans. So by these other stories, possibly that was what happened in the case of My Ancestors also. Joe