It is listed on ancestry.com, but it is hard to find. Look for Anna "Mons" on the Rhein in 1881. The right hand columns don't have any useful added info. Just "Germany" for "the country to which they severally belong." I agree with a previous post in this thread, look for obits and the church (U.S.) records for this family. Kathy www.Kiva.org - loans that change lives. Change the world one loan at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Kapella" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Please help me find the link from Castlegardento Prussia > JB: You have enough information to obtain a copy of the microfilm from > the > LDS that would show the original ship manifest. Sometimes the > manifest gives the place of origin or last residence and sometimes not - > or > maybe it will just state "Germany". No way to tell until you look. (The > Germans to America books ususally left that info out even if the > original included it.) To make a long story short, this ship manifest > (for > the ship "RHEIN") should be found on LDS film #1027015. To verify my > search, go to the Family Search Catalog; in the "Place Search" box enter > "New York City". When results appear, click on 3rd line - "New York City, > New York City; scroll down and click on "New York City, New York City > Emmigration & immigration indexes"; When those results appear, click on > 4th > item "Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York City 1820 - 1897; > index to passenger lists of vessels arriving in New York Cit 1820 - 1846 - > U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service". When you arrive there, choose > "View Film Notes". Scroll down to dates which include your 2 December > 1881 > - should be about item 500. There you can verify if the film number I > cited > is correct. A long way to go but it is always an absolute must to view > the > original record. I don't subscribe to Ancestry so don't know if there is > an > easier way to view the original on their site. Hope this helps. Sheila > K. > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:23 PM, JB <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >