Hi Keith, The book "For Men Must Work" contains the passenger lists of the six ships which brought the 1858/59 settlers to SA. Regards, Rod g From: [email protected] Sent: 2013/11/17 04:16:57 AM To: [email protected],[email protected] Cc: Subject: RE: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] 1858/59 German immigration to SA But, Schnell's book is a general account and does not contain lists of immigrants. It does have some names. "For men must work, and women must weep, ..." Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:05:51 PM EST From: "Steve Hayes" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] 1858/59 German immigration to SA On 16 Nov 2013 at 14:36, Richard Ball wrote: > Hello Rod, > > Saturday, November 16, 2013 you wrote: > > rtcz> My g-g-gfather August Hermann GEBHARDT came out on the first > rtcz> immigrant ship from Hamburg. I understand from comments on the > rtcz> Lists that the agent who was then transporting these settlers, > rtcz> Godeffroy and Sons, was declared insolvent many years ago and > rtcz> that their records are possibly stored in Hamburg. > > You don't mention a date. I have no knowledge of these ships but have > you tried: > > http://www.safrika.org/schiff_en.html And this: Schnell, E.L.G. 1954. For men must work. Cape Town: Maskew Miller. Dewey: 325.23409687 SCH An account of German immigration to the Cape with special reference to the German military settlers of 1857 and the German immigrants of 1858. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message