Again, thanks so much to everyone who has offered advice. - Debra, I am going to order copies of death certificates and look for birth city. - Joel, I will pursue church records if I can find a/the church they attended. - Sandy, Are you from Stronghurst? I found records on Castlegarden, but I am trying to tie them back to 'West Prussia' which appears in the 1920 census. Do you have a url for the Prussian site you refer to? - Kathy, I have subscribed to Dvhh's mailing list. - Sheila, the church records I know about are the well organized and indexed Swedish church records. Is there a central repository for US church records or must on seek out records from individual churches? Regards to all, JB > 1. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia (JB) > 2. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > (D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes) > 3. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > (Joel S. Russell) > 4. www.castlegarden.org ([email protected]) > 5. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > ([email protected]) > 6. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > (Sheila Kapella) > 7. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > ([email protected]) > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:56:23 -0700 > From: "D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes" <[email protected]> > > Do any of the documents from sources in the USA (death certificate, > naturalization papers, etc.) give a town of origin, or even a town of > previous residence in West Prussia? > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:26 -0400 > From: "Joel S. Russell" <[email protected]> > I know I've said this on the list before, but you have to look at > U.S. records to find them in Germany. The most reliable source I've > found is in church records. Check the immigrants funeral record or > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:14 -0400 > From: [email protected] > > Castlegarden is in New York.? It's where passengers came to immigrate from > other countries, not just Prussia or Germany, but all countries.? It's > also kindof hard to find passengers on a ships list.? A person needs to > know the exact spelling of a name and an approximate year of immigration.? > Also, in the census records from here, there may be a city listed where > your ancestors are from.? Most times it's only the country.? Have you been > to castlegarden.org?? Have you done a search on Prussian site.? Are you > sure your ancestors were from West Prussia? Prussia was desolved into > three countries that I know of, Poland, Germany, and Russia.? > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:03:36 EDT > From: [email protected] > > 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. > Kathy > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:29:59 -0500 > From: Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> > > 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.

JB: If the church is still operating they will have the records; if not, most denominations have an archive; why would they have attended a Swedish church - unless, of course, it was the nearest one of their denomination? Did I find Anna's maiden name to be "Yadea(u)? Certainly weren't many of them around and it doesn't appear to be German. Have you tried following up on it? Sheila K. On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM, JB <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, thanks so much to everyone who has offered advice. > > - Debra, I am going to order copies of death certificates and look for > birth city. > - Joel, I will pursue church records if I can find a/the church they > attended. > - Sandy, Are you from Stronghurst? I found records on Castlegarden, but I > am trying to tie them back to 'West Prussia' which appears in the 1920 > census. Do you have a url for the Prussian site you refer to? > - Kathy, I have subscribed to Dvhh's mailing list. > - Sheila, the church records I know about are the well organized and > indexed Swedish church records. Is there a central repository for US > church > records or must on seek out records from individual churches? > > Regards to all, JB > > > 1. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia (JB) > > 2. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > > (D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes) > > 3. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > > (Joel S. Russell) > > 4. www.castlegarden.org ([email protected]) > > 5. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > > ([email protected]) > > 6. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > > (Sheila Kapella) > > 7. Re: Please help me find the link from Castlegarden to Prussia > > ([email protected]) > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:56:23 -0700 > > From: "D.L. MacLaughlan-Dumes" <[email protected]> > > > > Do any of the documents from sources in the USA (death certificate, > > naturalization papers, etc.) give a town of origin, or even a town of > > previous residence in West Prussia? > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:26 -0400 > > From: "Joel S. Russell" <[email protected]> > > > I know I've said this on the list before, but you have to look at > > U.S. records to find them in Germany. The most reliable source I've > > found is in church records. Check the immigrants funeral record or > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:14 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > > > Castlegarden is in New York.? It's where passengers came to immigrate > from > > other countries, not just Prussia or Germany, but all countries.? It's > > also kindof hard to find passengers on a ships list.? A person needs to > > know the exact spelling of a name and an approximate year of > immigration.? > > Also, in the census records from here, there may be a city listed where > > your ancestors are from.? Most times it's only the country.? Have you > been > > to castlegarden.org?? Have you done a search on Prussian site.? Are you > > sure your ancestors were from West Prussia? Prussia was desolved into > > three countries that I know of, Poland, Germany, and Russia.? > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:03:36 EDT > > From: [email protected] > > > > 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. > > Kathy > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:29:59 -0500 > > From: Sheila Kapella <[email protected]> > > > > 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. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >