Mary Manns (widow of Valentin Abands) born c. 1858 in Frankfort-am-Main and son, Ferdinand, born in Germany, possibly December 1881, were in New Orleans on April 1884. I've viewed each vessel on the New Orleans 1882-early 1884 microfilms and searched by name (including spelling variations) without success. Any information on which vessel they arrived in the USA or clues to finding would be greatly appreciated.

On 13 Aug 2006 at 20:38, WLANDW@aol.com wrote: > Mary Manns (widow of Valentin Abands) born c. 1858 in > Frankfort-am-Main and son, Ferdinand, born in Germany, > possibly December 1881, were in New Orleans on April 1884. > > I've viewed each vessel on the New Orleans 1882-early 1884 > microfilms and searched by name (including spelling > variations) without success. > > I would extend your timeframe to include 1881 and 1880. Leave no stone unturned :-) For a complete list of NARA and FHC microfilm numbers for LA, see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_louisiana.shtml To find a ship to LA after 1820 you can search ONline transcriptions or OFFline microfilm records. Ships to Louisiana after 1820 can be found at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_la1820.shtml To use custom search engines to search multiple websites at once, see the page "Search FREE Ships Passenger Lists to Louisiana" (528 ships ) at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchlaships.shtml Also see http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ Choose LOUISIANA from the menu choices **Search over 5,000 Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml **Search Ships Passenger Lists to Canada http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_shipscanada.shtml ** Naturalization Records at http://naturalizationrecords.com/ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ otg@csolve.net