Bill; I have not been able to find any passenger list into Charleston for that time period, either. Perhaps you already know that if you are looking for German families who came to Charleston in the 1840's, there is a very good chance that they attended the German Evangelical Lutheran Church (now St. Matthew's) founded in 1840 for German immigrants. What surnames are you trying to find? I know there are several VOIGHTs in the records. If they did not stay in Charleston, they may have gone to Walhalla, SC (St. John's Lutheran) with many of the German immigrants. Hank > My ggrandfather and gggrandmother came to Charleston from Prussia between > 1842 & 1848. I have been told by John Rich at Bethany Cemetary that many > Germans/Prussians were brought over on ships commanded by Capt. H. Wieting.