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.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM, JB <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have a > referal for a good professional German genealogist? > Thanks again, JB Yes! Don WATSON posts on the Bavaria list as well- here is a URL from his tutorial http://members.cox.net/hessen/learninggerman.htm Go to the home page to find more about Prof. Don WATSON, who is fluent in German and English and MOST knowledgeable on German record searches, geography, etc. Don's been doing on-line German genealogy for as long as I can remember- 1997 and beyond. > > > > > 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 >