Just thought I would throw this out as another source that is often overlooked. If the ancestor traveled through Hamburg, there are LDS tapes with registion in Hamburg. I'll quote from my German Research Companion "Because Hamburg was a major port city, thousands of Germans and other ethnic groups took up temporary residence there before departing the country. In accordance with the regulations in force in German lands, it was neccessary for travelers to register at the resident registration office, whose records have been preserved. Usually it was the police dept. that was in charge of such registrations. The information in these records is often better than that of the passenger lists, and they begin several years earlier than the Hamburg passenger lists that are available. The resident registers give the former residence of the traveler as well as the actual place of birth. The passenger lists, however, give only the last place of residence. The types of records available through Family History Library are Passport Applications 1852-1929 Register of non-citizen Resident Servants 1843-1890 Register of male and female noncitizen laborers and domestics 1834-1899 Register of guilded journeymen 1850-1867 Search the Family History Library Catalog for microfilm and microfiche numbers, listed under Germany - Hamburg - "Emmigration and Immigration", "Occupations", and "Population" Michaele -------------- Original message -------------- From: gensearcher@att.net > 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 : > -------------- > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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