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Comment by Sheryl Lindbeck-Whisenhunt on July 21, 2010 at 5:52pm: Are there online records for German military personal around the early 1900's, such as; names, locations, ranks, etc?

Comment by Lillian Alline Champagne on July 21, 2010 at 4:21pm: Still seeking other researchers of the Haberlie, Durr, & Schreck lines in Germany. Anyone esle researching these surnames please contact me at califmeme@yahoo.com Thanks, Lillian

Comment by Marianne Szabo on July 21, 2010 at 3:11pm: If he came in 1867, he wouldn't have come thru Ellis Island, but Castle Garden. Try www.castlegarden.org or www.stevemorse.org to search passenger lists. Might also have come thru Phila or Baltimore at that time. Not all of Castle Garden is indexed. Surname spelling in passenger lists is sometimes truly bizarre. Some variants to consider: Bohm, Boom.

Comment by Brenda Hop on July 21, 2010 at 3:06pm: I am looking for immigration info the Boehm family. My Great Grandfather, Frederich Johann immigrated to America in 1867(?) from Jertsburg(?) Germany. He was a horse trader who brought Belgium horses from Europe to America. He settled in Lincoln IL, and the eventually Bufflo Center, Iowa where most of my father's family still live. I haven't had any luck at the Ellis Island sites, would appreciate any other ideas.

Comment by Nancy Hurley on July 20, 2010 at 11:51pm: Kelly: Perhaps your information on Joseph Kipp from "Kohessen" was actually the province of "Kurhessen." Kurhessen was incorporated into the state of Hessen in 1945. It is today known as Hessen-Kassel. There is a great deal of information on Hessen at this website: http://members.cox.net/hessen/hesse.htm
Good luck.

Comment by Donna Gates-Smeall on July 16, 2010 at 6:45pm: Michael, thank you for connecting me with the Wittchen relative I was hunting down. I wonder: I noticed that there was a Matilde Witchen on the list as well; is it possible they are related and the clerk misspelled Matilde's last name?

Comment by Donna Gates-Smeall on July 16, 2010 at 6:39am: I am the great granddaughter of a German native named Herman Adolph Wessel of the Pommern, Eastern Prussia region of Germany. I also have an ancestor with the las name of Wittchen, Anna who is supposedly German or Polish? If anyone has any information about the Wittchens/Textor Families or the Wessells/Wefsel/Wessel families, I would be delighted to hear from them at dgsmeall@me.com.

Comment by Kelly J. Price-Jeter on July 8, 2010 at 8:49am: Thank you Catherine. I am quite sure it was a clerk's misinterpretation of what was said. How to find him though remains the struggle. :)

Comment by Catherine Davis on July 7, 2010 at 8:23am: Kelly--re Kohessen. Do you think it might be a clerk's misinterpretation/mishearing of Groß-Hessen, meaning Greater Hesse? A major negative to this idea is that I can't find that this name was official for any part of the state of Hesse, except for a period between 1945 and 46.

Comment by Kelly J. Price-Jeter on July 6, 2010 at 11:25pm: I am Looking for information on Joseph Kipp born 23 MAR 1821
Kohessen, Germany. I cannot find a city named Kohessen in Germany. Is it a parish or county? I am not sure about the spelling of Kipp as it probably has been Americanized during immigration. He has a son Joseph Kipp born in 1860 in Louisville, KY.