This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.de/stellen.europa.deutschland.schleswigholstein/6403.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: did you check the ship records for the Amalfi? Maybe there is a bit more information then only Schleswig-Holstein. Do you know where the Amalfi left from? The ship records from Hamburg and Bremen can be checked online. Good luck Barbara