Kay: Just some fyi - I found my great grandparents in the Germans to America also, listed as coming from Hamburg. I then looked at the microfilm of the actual ship manifest and it gave the last residence in Prussia (Nakel). GTA, in most cases across the board, left that info out. You might want to double check your ship manifest also. Another place I have found the place of origin for German ancestors is in the records of the church where they worshipped here in the US. I have found this on several occasions. Unfortunately the naturalization papers of that era rarely give such info. Enjoy your trip. Sheila K. -------------- Original message from kay ruckle <kayruckle@yahoo.com>: -------------- > Hi Wendy, > > I just finished reading "The Vanished Kingdom...Travels Through the History of > Prussia," by James Charles Roy. It is an overview of the history of Prussia > starting in 1275. > > I have a ggf, Frederick Rahde, and a ggm, Wilhelmina Kamischke Rahde, from > West Prussia and I am trying to locate their places of birth. All I have are > their dob and West Prussia as a location. They emigrated in 1883 from Hamburg > to New York on a ship called (or at least it looks like) "Suevia." That entry > is found in "Germans to America." > > We are planning a trip to Germany and Poland in Octoer to visit my ancestoral > homelands and I am still trying to locate their birthplaces. My next move is to > locate their immigration and naturalization papers. > > Good luck, > > Kay List Ruckle > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address. > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message