On 21 Aug 2006 at 13:07, Christiane Nobel wrote: > Hi, > > I want to thank everybody for the help offered concerning > the "Ann". > > My sources are > * the report of the constable who put my ggg-grandfather > aboard this ship, which contains shipname "Ann", name of the > captain (Horstmann" and date of departure in Bremerhaven > (August 4th, 1846). * The bill for the passage, which > contains the ships name, month and year. ("Ann", July 1846) > * I found a ship with Captain Horstmann one year later in > Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: "Ship Ann, Bremen, > Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, 10 June 1847, I, J. > Horstmann, Master of the Ship Ann of Bremen........." > > So far I have not been able to find my ancestor Christian > Pape on the other side of the ocean or to find any more > information on the ship. > > Any hints in which direction to search or where I can obtain > the Passengerlist or shipsinfo are welcome. Tina, The list will be on microfilm. There are 2 separate indexes for Baltimore for the years 1833-1866. One lists passengers on federal lists, the second lists passengers on city lists. You can't just check one - if you check one and don't find your ancestor, you have to check the other one. For a list of Film Numbers for Ships to Maryland, after 1820, see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/filmnos_baltmd.shtml For online Ships to Maryland see http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tousa_md.shtml If you want to search multiple websites at once for passenger lists, there is a custom search engine for Ships going to Maryland at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/searchmdships.shtml 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