I will email you a sheet from the ship's Manifest.  Yes, my great grandfather was listed as John Ferk at CastleGarden.org. Herb --- On Sat, 9/5/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] TESKE 1884-1885 To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 5:01 PM Hi Herb - Where did you find this manifest, please - on  CastleGarden.org?  Under Ferk?   Tried all names and came  up empty so far - including Morse. Hunted for something akin to Osenwein, any which way it might be, in  Meyers-Orts, but did not see anything.   That goes to East Prussia -  so maybe yours is past that too far to be included.    If you have a copy of this list, could you email it to me privately so I  can see if I can come up with anything else it might be?     That is likely a steamship in 1885, so not all that long a voyage, even with  some stormy weather. [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])    Maureen In a message dated 9/5/2009 12:51:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  [email protected] writes: Hello  Listers! My great grandfather, Johann Teske, a resident of Paris,  Bessarabia, made his way east and boarded the S.S. Belgenland (Captain W. W.  Beynon) at the Antwerp, Belgium, port in late 1884 or early 1885.  The  ship docked in New York on 9 May 1885 and immigrants were processed at Castle  Garden. The ship's manifest records the Teske surname as "Ferke" and  notes that Johann's last residence was "Oserwein." (The surname recorded at  Castle Garden was "Ferk.") Does anyone know if the Castle Garden record  might reveal additional information on this relative, and if so, where such  information might be obtained? (Authorities at CG have not responded to my  inquiries.)  Does anyone know where I might obtain the date of departure  of the S.S. Belgenland from Antwerp?  Finally, does anyone know of a  village/town in Germany or Poland named "Oserwein?" Any  help/suggestions will be appreciated. Herb  Teske ------------------------------- 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