I continue to have trouble finding info on ggrandfather and ggrandmother. They were George Henry Wilmink (Wilming, Wilmick, Wilminck, etc.) and Maria Sophia Hefley (Hefele, Heffley, Heflick,etc.) I have a Henry Wilming coming to US at age 16 in 1865. He said in census records he came in 1865 but ages don't exactly match. George Henry and Mary settled in Vinton County, OH (1870s) and later in Hocking County, OH (1880's amd 1890's). There is some belief that they may have been ibn Bourbon County, KY in late 1860's. Now, here is where I need help and a lot of it. I have attempted to explore German records and even requested some with little or no success. George Henry said in census he was from Hannover but family has always said Konigsbury, East Prussia. Mary Sophia was from Bavaria so Hannover is probably correct. George Henry's father was a soldier so possibly the family originally came from East Prussia to Hannover. How can I find this out? I can find almost no records before 1870 census re Mary Sophia Hafley Wilmink except she is burried in Logan, Ohio. Anyone have any suggestions? Tom Wilmink

Tom To help find some better birth dates. If You search for some records in the U.S.A. , then check out the link http://www.loricase.com/CDs/cdlist.html They want You to use Their FFI ( Family Finders Index ) section , before You e-mail a volunteer for a free lookup. Karl Roussin ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "twilmink" <twilmink@adelphia.net> To: <Prussia-Roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 12:51 PM Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wilmink Family > I continue to have trouble finding info on ggrandfather and ggrandmother. They were George Henry Wilmink (Wilming, Wilmick, Wilminck, etc.) and Maria Sophia Hefley (Hefele, Heffley, Heflick,etc.) I have a Henry Wilming coming to US at age 16 in 1865. He said in census records he came in 1865 but ages don't exactly match. George Henry and Mary settled in Vinton County, OH (1870s) and later in Hocking County, OH (1880's amd 1890's). There is some belief that they may have been ibn Bourbon County, KY in late 1860's. > > Now, here is where I need help and a lot of it. I have attempted to explore German records and even requested some with little or no success. George Henry said in census he was from Hannover but family has always said Konigsbury, East Prussia. Mary Sophia was from Bavaria > so Hannover is probably correct. George Henry's father was a soldier so possibly the family originally came from East Prussia to Hannover. > How can I find this out? > > I can find almost no records before 1870 census re Mary Sophia Hafley Wilmink except she is burried in Logan, Ohio. Anyone have any suggestions? > > Tom Wilmink > > ------------------------------- > 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

Tom, something to keep in mind about the residency in Hamburg. At times, there was no ship or space available for sailing. Immigrants then had to stay in "hotels" until a ship or their immigration space became available. During this stay, they were no longer citizens of where they came from but they (on their papers) had to indicate they were from Hamburg... or Bremen/Bremerhaven or other German ports. Use the information as a guide until something can be written in stone. It (information) may change and have to be tweaked a number of times. Regards, Robert Lipprandt ==================== Subject: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Wilmink Family >I continue to have trouble finding info on ggrandfather and ggrandmother. >They were George Henry Wilmink (Wilming, Wilmick, Wilminck, etc.) and Maria >Sophia Hefley (Hefele, Heffley, Heflick,etc.) I have a Henry Wilming >coming to US at age 16 in 1865. He said in census records he came in 1865 >but ages don't exactly match. George Henry and Mary settled in Vinton >County, OH (1870s) and later in Hocking County, OH (1880's amd 1890's). >There is some belief that they may have been ibn Bourbon County, KY in late >1860's. > > Now, here is where I need help and a lot of it. I have attempted to > explore German records and even requested some with little or no success. > George Henry said in census he was from Hannover but family has always > said Konigsbury, East Prussia. Mary Sophia was from Bavaria > so Hannover is probably correct. George Henry's father was a soldier so > possibly the family originally came from East Prussia to Hannover. > How can I find this out? > > I can find almost no records before 1870 census re Mary Sophia Hafley > Wilmink except she is burried in Logan, Ohio. Anyone have any > suggestions? > > Tom Wilmink > > ------------------------------- > 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 >