Hello Herb, Karl and Maureen Thank you all for your help and research. I have passed all three pieces of research on to my friend and from her memory it seems that Karl and Maureen have struck the famlies. Herb thank you for your input one can never have too much information and there may be a connection later down the track. Given that I now know the names of Rachel Sommerfeld's parents I guess that I should look for a death certificate for them. Will I be able to do much tracing using the English language and text. I feel way out of my depth. Many thanks again for all the help Jenny T <<Karl Roussin wrote: Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:23:52 -0500 Jenny T. The only record that I could find of Them is of the marriage of Rachel Sommerfeld as follows; Rachel Sommerfeld Pedigree Female Family Event(s): Birth: , , Germany Christening: Death: Burial: Parents: Father: Abraham Sommerfeld Family Mother: Bertha Baer Marriages: Spouse: Morris Nathan Family Marriage: 01 APR 1906 Manhattan, New York, New York There are records of 3 Moritz Nathan's , however I would need His birth date. Karl Roussin <<Maureen wrote: Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:24 EDT Jenny - it looks like there were a number of Moritz Nathan's - Herb found one of them. I found one too, (on Ancestry) indicating a Moritz Nathan, occupation jeweler, filed a Petition for Citizenship in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York on 1 August 1901, renouncing sovereignty to the Emperor of Germany. The witness attesting to the truth of his Petition is Mortz Cassier (?) says Nathan was a resident of 70 E. 20th Street - Borough - ? illegible, NY. Nathan was born on 13 May 1876 and emigrated to the US on 30 Oct 1893. That's a 10 year difference from the Moritz Nathan which Herb found - sooooo - it looks like you will need to track several people with the same name. And Castle Garden was kaput by 1893. I chose this one because he is a jeweler, as you stated. The person writing this document was carried away with his penmanship, difficult to read - but a tidbit for you. You can check out city directories and censuses and death records, and see if this one is your friend's. Maureen <<Jenny T wrote: Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:00:24 EDT Hello List I am new to this list, to Prussia/German Genealogy, I live in Australia and I am doing research on behalf of a close friend. We have the following information for my friend's paternal great grandparents Moritz NATHAN born Germany he had his own business selling jewelry married Rachel SOMMERFELD and it is thought that her family line had established the town Sommerfeld. Moritz and Rachel NATHAN came to New York America by boat in the year 1883. This is all the information we have to date as my friend came to Australia from America to marry and live during the 1960s and has no family documentation to work through. Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. Kind regards Jenny T