JB: The LDS microfilm is a photocopy of the actual manifest, the same one as on Ancestry. The best place I have found for info on the exact place of origin has been in the US church records. One other mention I might make is following through on the records generated by the children of Ferdinand and Anna. Their marriage and death records often contain the info you are seeking. Every rock needs to be turned over. Sheila K. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:43 PM, JB <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions. I have copious info > on Ferdinand and Anna's family here in the US. What I have not been able > to > find is where they were living in 'West Prussia.' Do you think the LDS > microfiche might have more detail than just 'Germany' as Castlegarden and > Ancestry have it? If so, I will pursue that path. Does anyone have a > referal for a good professional German genealogist? > Thanks again, JB > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 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 Castlegarden to 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 ship 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 > church > > (U.S.) records for this family. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >