Hi Margaret, I have had those problems too with badly misspelt names. Have you tried looking at where other passengers on same ship originated - I did that, found all I could on maps and then concentrated on looking in those regions at ca 1850s maps. You might be lucky... It partly worked for me but was very labour intensive. Presume you have checked IGI, message boards and all that sort of thing for surnames. My tricky ones were on a ship 1856 to Moreton Bay - turned out Gresbach was really Kressbach, but there were places like Criesbach etc also nearby. Looks so obvious now but it took me years to sort (mostly pre-Internet). Good luck, and if you wish to share any breakthroughs I would be happy to share them :-) Kind regards, Bronwyn Klimach. On 6/8/07, Margaret Widjaya <mawidjaya@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Hello > > > > I have an ancestor who arrived in Australia aboard the "Daniel Ross" on 27 > April 1855 departed Hamburg. > > The "Daniel Ross" passenger list lists a "Antoni Mella", however all > records > in Australia refer to him as Antoni Melzer > > Became A/an Citizen 11 Jan 1872; stated 43yrs old, & born ?Hesobists, > Central Prussia. > > > > I have been at a 'dead end' now for several years. I can not even seem to > be > able to find where Central Prussia was/is. I thought if I found the area > then I maybe able to work out the town name. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > > > Margaret > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >