Historic passenger lists of ships go online

[K.Snyder]

Don't know if anyone else will be, but I'm definitely interested.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070110/..._passengers_dc

[jennyswan]

That's pretty cool.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by K.Snyder

Don't know if anyone else will be, but I'm definitely interested.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070110/..._passengers_dc

Definitely a useful resource

[K.Snyder]

Originally Posted by Bryn Mawr

Definitely a useful resource

Too bad it's only limited to Great Britain...

My great grandmother came over here from Germany at what we have estimated at about 1912...I am interested to know if I still have family over in Germany...well,..I'm sure I do, because she left behind brothers and sisters(whom all saved money to have her come over here)...

It's very intriguing, yet frustrating at the same time to know I may never get a chance to meet them.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by K.Snyder

Too bad it's only limited to Great Britain...

My great grandmother came over here from Germany at what we have estimated at about 1912...I am interested to know if I still have family over in Germany...well,..I'm sure I do, because she left behind brothers and sisters(whom all saved money to have her come over here)...

It's very intriguing, yet frustrating at the same time to know I may never get a chance to meet them.

If she sailed directly from Germany then it's no go but, as the article said, many of the continentals used the UK as a staging post and are therefore recorded.

Originally Posted by K.Snyder

Too bad it's only limited to Great Britain...

My great grandmother came over here from Germany at what we have estimated at about 1912...I am interested to know if I still have family over in Germany...well,..I'm sure I do, because she left behind brothers and sisters(whom all saved money to have her come over here)...

It's very intriguing, yet frustrating at the same time to know I may never get a chance to meet them.

Have you tried Ancestry.com?
If you know her name, have info on where she was born or details of where and when she married, then you should be able to find out some details. From what I remember, you can research this just from names and rough dates. That way you may be able to look up other family members from her original home town.

[K.Snyder]

Originally Posted by Pinky

Have you tried Ancestry.com?
If you know her name, have info on where she was born or details of where and when she married, then you should be able to find out some details. From what I remember, you can research this just from names and rough dates. That way you may be able to look up other family members from her original home town.

I have tried ancestry.com and some other genealogical sites, but from most of my experiences with it, all I get are adds trying to get me to sign up for a membership for money and I lose all interest.

I will try it again and make sure I didn't overlook anything that I can use that happens to be free.

[K.Snyder]

Originally Posted by Bryn Mawr

If she sailed directly from Germany then it's no go but, as the article said, many of the continentals used the UK as a staging post and are therefore recorded.

I'll probably look into it when it comes out...

Her last name was Kastner(I never really discussed the spelling with my mother but that is the best I can think of in relation to pronunciation)

I do believe that is a rather common German name though...

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by K.Snyder

I'll probably look into it when it comes out...

Her last name was Kastner(I never really discussed the spelling with my mother but that is the best I can think of in relation to pronunciation)

I do believe that is a rather common German name though...

Try :-

http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/k/a/s/kastner.shtml

[K.Snyder]

Originally Posted by Bryn Mawr

Try :-

http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/k/a/s/kastner.shtml

Thanks for the link...I didn't have any luck in what it allowed me to do, but every time I would get to what I wanted to search in it would ask me for my billing information...I will look into it later, but I hate to throw my money away...