I knew of the sometimes used port of New Orleans for some German ships....however I don't know the reason that some used it and some not. But, to confuse your confusion even more..... My Great grandparents came from Germany.........by way of Bohemia...... paternal great grandparents. ( I hope you can decipher that). Anyway, my grandmother and her brother came from Bremen, by way of Brandlin, Bohemia. My grandfather's parents came into the port of Baltimore, MD. I know that because the oldest of the children was born just after they landed in Baltimore. Am still looking for which port my grandmother and her brother landed at. Wish there had been more questions asked. But, this gives you a new look........both my grandfather's parents, and my grandmother's family came from the same area........a village south of Prague. But, again, I don't know why some came through the Eastern seaboard, and some from New Orleans. Would be an interesting study, I think. Mari List Admin At 10:38 AM 5/28/02 , Aleise Oyen wrote: >I received this information from a relative of mine who is doing research on >the >German immigration to Grant County. the "Bickenriede Connection". He said: > >"I kept coming across these families who came from the area around >Bickenriede, >landed in New Orleans, came up the Mississippi (most changing riverboats in >St. Louis), and then proceeding to Dubuque. There was some type of "German >Immigration Office" in New Orleans who helped the incoming Germans. Then in >St. Louis, there were land barons who sold farming parcels in Wisconsin. >Some of the more wealthy immigrants apparently purchased their land from >these barons." > >When researching my relatives, with the help of my aunt, I found that my >relatives also came from Germany, (Pfaffenstaff?) and through her research >had stated that they assumed one couple came together after being married in >Germany. I later found their marriage license listed at Ancestry.com. They >were married in St. Louis. That is what tipped me off, that maybe these >people were landing in New Orleans instead of New York. My relatives also >came over in the period from 1830-1860. > >Just a tidbit to add to the mystery! > >Aleise Oyen > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Helen Miller" <mhelenmiller@yahoo.com> >To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 10:04 AM >Subject: Unidentified subject! > > > > > > For those of you who are not familiar with a wonderful group, Rootsweb >sponsors the website of the Ship Transcribers' Guild - hundreds of >volunteers who are transcribing all the immigrant manifests that are on >microfilm at the NARA. Their website is: istg.rootsweb.com. The information >that was recorded on the manifests are varied- some as little as a name and >age, others with the entire family, where they are coming from and to whence >they are going, children, etc. > > In a lightbulb moment, I put in a town in Hanover, Germany from where I >know many of my immigrants came and ended up in Grant County, Wisconsin. >While not exactly the relatives I am looking for -- Buddes, Mullers, etc., >(and the guild has only completed about 5000 out of hundreds of thousands), >I noted that these ships left Bremen and their port of arrival was New >Orleans. (My time period is 1830s-1860s.) Another google search on Hannover >and Hanover arrivals all indicate the same routes. This information totally >disrupting my assumption that the arrivals would have been in New York. > > My question is: do any of you have any information about the German >arrivals -- if they tended to head out for New Orleans and then, make their >way up north, perhaps by river? Any information, anecdotal or otherwise, >would be appreciated. > > Mary Helen Miller > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237