Hello.  One of my ancestors arrived in NY on Dec 12 1872 (ship - Westphalia).  He, his wife and their children eventually settled in Iowa.   Census records show a variety of locations as place of birth for various members of this family (Holstein; Schleswig; Prussia; Germany...probably all true ).    Worse, the surname is nearly unsearchable, e.g., Magbier.  Suggestions?

Have you tried www.familysearch.org?  There are 62 Magbier's listed.  Possibly one of the records will give you some clues.   Sandra   --- On Wed, 5/2/12, Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> wrote: From: Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:11 AM Hello.  One of my ancestors arrived in NY on Dec 12 1872 (ship - Westphalia).  He, his wife and their children eventually settled in Iowa.   Census records show a variety of locations as place of birth for various members of this family (Holstein; Schleswig; Prussia; Germany...probably all true ).    Worse, the surname is nearly unsearchable, e.g., Magbier.  Suggestions? ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, I have...a lot of the names overlap.  Regardless, you have found my Iowa family, lol.   :D - Kelly ________________________________ From: Sandra Tennyson <lnstennyson@att.net> To: schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 11:29:14 AM Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist Have you tried www.familysearch.org?  There are 62 Magbier's listed.  Possibly one of the records will give you some clues.   Sandra   --- On Wed, 5/2/12, Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> wrote: From: Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:11 AM Hello.  One of my ancestors arrived in NY on Dec 12 1872 (ship - Westphalia).  He, his wife and their children eventually settled in Iowa.   Census records show a variety of locations as place of birth for various members of this family (Holstein; Schleswig; Prussia; Germany...probably all true ).    Worse, the surname is nearly unsearchable, e.g., Magbier.  Suggestions? ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI Kelly,           By any chance do you know if they went by another name? My husbands grandfather camer over with the last name of Koch with his first wife. He then went by Larsen in all other documents here in the States. Because of the naming pattern issues, I looked at all names that he could possibly go by. His father was Jens Christian Larsen, so when looking for my husbands grandfather, I also checked for him under Jensen as well.   Carla --- On Wed, 5/2/12, Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> wrote: From: Kelly OHanrahan <k.hanrahan@att.net> Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] How to Research a Surname that Seemingly does not Exist To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 8:11 AM Hello.  One of my ancestors arrived in NY on Dec 12 1872 (ship - Westphalia).  He, his wife and their children eventually settled in Iowa.   Census records show a variety of locations as place of birth for various members of this family (Holstein; Schleswig; Prussia; Germany...probably all true ).    Worse, the surname is nearly unsearchable, e.g., Magbier.  Suggestions? ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message