try castlegarden.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 1:03 pm Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia JB: I would contact the Dvhh.com group, they have some people that are from Germany and they also have books that they can look up the family name Just re-put all the info you have again, and you should get something back. athy n a message dated 7/2/2009 2:50:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions. I have copious info n Ferdinand and Anna's family here in the US. What I have not been able o ind is where they were living in 'West Prussia.' Do you think the LDS icrofiche might have more detail than just 'Germany' as Castlegarden and ncestry have it? If so, I will pursue that path. Does anyone have a eferal for a good professional German genealogist? hanks again, JB ----- Original Message ----- rom: <[email protected]> o: <[email protected]> ent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:01 AM 2. Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia (JB) 3. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia (Sheila Kapella) 4. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia (D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes) 5. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden20to Prussia (Sheila Kapella) 6. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegardento Prussia (Kathy Hines) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:23:17 -0500 From: "JB" <[email protected]> Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" After a hint from the list that my Morse ancestors may have left West Prussia with the surname Moers, I succeeded in locating them on the Castlegarden website. First Last Occupation Age Sex Arrived Ship Origin (Port) (Ctry) FERDINAND MOERS LABORER 26 M 2 Dec 1881 RHEIN BREMEN & SOUTHAMPTON GERMANY ANNA MOERS WIFE 28 F 2 Dec 1881 RHEIN BREMEN & SOUTHAMPTON GERMANY AUGUSTE MOERS INFANT 7 m F 2 Dec 1881 RHEIN BREMEN & SOUTHAMPTON GERMANY Is there enough information here to lead me back to the Moers' point of departure in West Prussia? Thanks for any help you may be able to give, JB ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:57:53 -0500 From: Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> JB: You have enough information to obtain a copy of the microfilm from the LDS that would show the original=2 0ship manifest. Sometimes the > Message: 4 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:36:44 -0700 From: "D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes" <[email protected]> I have an ancestry.com subscription so I checked it for you, JB, and the manifest only lists "Germany" as the place of origin. If you want > Message: 6 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:53:44 -0500 From: "Kathy Hines" <[email protected]> I agree with a previous post in this thread, look for obits and the hurch (U.S.) records for this family. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the uotes in the ubject and the body of the message *************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular Laptops – Shop ow! http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D1) ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message