Hi Richard, My g-g-gfather came out on the Caesar Godeffroy which arived off East London on 07 July, 1858, being the first of six ships bringing new immigrants to SA. Regards, Rod g From: [email protected] Sent: 2013/11/16 04:36:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: RE: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] 1858/59 German immigration to SA 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 Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk [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