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RON85
RON85 ✭
December 3, 2024 edited March 19 in Search

The name in your immigration docs is incorrect. You have name as HERS should be Heers

Christoph-Hers-United-States-Germans-to-America-Index-1850-1897-.png

He is a great great uncle. Written family records and additional Town records

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  • Áine Ní Donnghaile
    Áine Ní Donnghaile ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 3, 2024

    URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDQ7-Q1J

    Collection: United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897
    https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2110801

    Background: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States%2CGermans_to_America_Index-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

    The collection should be considered a finding aid to help locate the original record. An index-only collection cannot be edited. This one was not created by FamilySearch.


    Data files relating to the immigration of Germans to the United States for arrivals 1850-1897. Created by the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Center for Immigration Research. In August of 2013, the National Archives replaced the ARC – Archival Research Catalog - with the OPA – Online Public Access. ARC identifiers will still work to access the collections in OPA.

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    December 3, 2024

    I think the ship manifest is this one: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5KS4-FL?i=546. What it actually says is C Hers, age 50, male, farmer, from Germany, destination U. States. The ship is the Wichelhausen out of Bremen, and the previous image gives a date of March 4/53.

    Keep in mind that Hers versus Heers is neither an error nor a different name. In a world where illiteracy was the norm, it was only the sound of a name that mattered — and even that could vary by accent or habit.

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