On 20 Sep 2006 at 19:32, Bonnie Hill wrote: > Is there any way I can learn the name of a ship that > departed Germany 28 March 1852 and arrived in New Orleans, > Louisiana 4 July 1852? John Michael Weber stated that he > left his father land that date. The records in New Orleans > for 1 July, 1852 through 31 December 1852, burned so I > can't get anything there. Did you try the Quarterly Abstracts of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, LA, 1820--1875? It's a microfilmed version of the abstracts made every quarter. See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_louisiana.shtml -- 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