Hello Kathy - That site you gave me www.dvhh.com was a site to establish a domain name. It happened that my mail program thought the email you sent to me directly was junk. Perhaps you mistyped the site you wanted me to visit. Thanks, Jim On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:37 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I would try and get a copy of his death notice that might of been in a > newspaper, and if a funeral home was used I would contact them and > see if they > have any different info. Kathy in NJ > > > In a message dated 8/2/2009 10:45:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Shiela: > > He was naturalized in Boston. He died in 1908 in Brockton, MA. I have > checked all censi and records here in MA. All that I have > ascertained > is the information I have mentioned in my posts. I am really looking > for how to find information about him in Prussia, e.g., where would > be > a good place to look for records if I think he was born in Stettin? > What if I do not find the name Wormell in any records, could it have > sounded like Wormell but be spelled differantly? > > Basically, I have exhausted all leads on this side of the Atlantic > and > need help of how to resume the search, based on the information I do > have, from the sources here. > > Thanks > > JIm > > On Aug 2, 2009, at 9:54 PM, Sheila Kapella wrote: > >> Jim: Where was he naturalized? Do you know where and when he >> died? Have >> you found him in all available census records? Sheila K. >> >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> According to my great grandfather's naturalization papers, he >>> arrived >>> in Boston, from Prussia, on 29 FEB 1856. He was 15 years old. >>> Family >>> story says he worked his way over from Germany as a cabin boy on a >>> ship. He never spoke about the "old country". My father said he >>> thought his grandfather came from Essen or Stettin. In looking at a >>> map of Prussia of 1850, Essen was not part of Prussia so it appears >>> that Stettin, now Szczecin, Poland, is possibly a starting point >>> for >>> my research. >>> >>> This is my last line and brick wall of my tree which I have been >>> researching for 40 years. I have only come across WORMELL as an >>> English name and any records I have seen for Germany/Prussia do not >>> show the name. >>> >>> If anyone can point me in the right direction as to where to start >>> based on this information, it would be greatly appreciated. I have >>> gone so far as taking a long shot and joining the Germany DNA group >>> to >>> have have my DNA tested, in hopes that there might be a match. No >>> 37 >>> marker matches. >>> >>> Interestlingly, the both witnesses on his naturalization papers >>> were >>> from Denmark. Both worked in shipping industry...one as a captain, >>> the >>> other as the owner of a "employment agency" for the shipping >>> industry. >>> Both also lived near him in East Boston. My great grandfather was a >>> sea captain. >>> >>> Thank you, Jim Wormelle ("e" added on early 1900's) >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just > 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx > ?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd > =JulystepsfooterNO115) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message