pre 1890 Passenger Lists
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In reply to:
Re: Woida/Wojda & Drewniak/Dverniak, Eastern Europeans
1/17/02
Don't worry about given name or surname spellings for now.Prussia is where he came from, but was he of Prussian ethnicity? That might be another story.You need to locate his immigration records!The pre 1890 records were very detailed.There you will should out where he was born.
Create a time line for yourself.Andreas married in 1879.Does it state how old he was?
Start with 1878/79 as immigration year.Most immigrants married very shortly after immigration.Then work your way backwards year by year.
Ship Passenger Lists: Finding Passenger Records 1820-1940s
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.htmlhttp://home.att.net/~wee-monster/passengers.html
PS> Forget about Europe for now.The key to your search is in the records here. Treat the links I sent you previously merely as historical reference, nothing more.