Hello, Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the ship, nor its port of origin. Peter M. Yager arrived in New Orleans in 1852. He was born in Switzerland in 1834, and possibly left from Bremen, Germany. He would have been 18 yrs old when he took this trip, and he went more or less directly to California, to the gold mines. I have heard that he took this trip at least two times. On this or another trip from Switzerland, his brothers and sisters traveled with him, for they all ended up in California. Family members are: Maria Yager, born 1836 Switzerland George Yager, born 1830 Switzerland Bartlei (Bartholomaus) Yager, born 1823 Switzerland Elsbeth Yager, born 1825 Switzerland Paul (Paulus) Yager, born 1821 Switzerland Ursula Yager, born 1819 Switzerland All of these siblings might have traveled together on at least one trip from Switzerland to the U.S., but not necessarily to New Orleans. One story says that at least Peter traveled to California by ship, probably through Panama, and probably not around the "Horn". Thank you for your efforts, whether or not you find what I am looking for. I do appreciate that you are THERE to help us with research! Sandy Morrey smorrey@socal.rr.com

On 22 Apr 2006 at 22:01, Sandy Morrey wrote: > Peter M. Yager arrived in New Orleans in 1852. You can also search OR browse 281 ships and their passengers to New Orleans from Jan to July 1851 at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_la1820.shtml 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 as of last week) at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchlaships.shtml Also see http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/usa_genealogy/ Choose LOUISIANA from the menu choices Good luck! Lorine -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com