Oswald Weise, New York

Dear Aunt Ludie,
My grandfather was a full blood German and came to America between 1880 and
1900 (probably 1880) With his family from Germany, I do not have access to
the Internet nor do I have a friend that has Internet. We have always
understood my grandfather and his family came on a ship and came into New
York possibly Ellis Island. Where could I find a list of those who came on
ships and the name of the ship?

My grand fathers name was Oswald Weise his date of birth 08/04/1880.

Thanks,
JS


Dear JS,

There are volumes of books transcribed on ships and passenger lists. I ran
a search on the surname Weise and in 1840-1910 my charts shows the
concentration of Weise families in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Unfortunately when I searched on passenger and ship lists that line was
unavailable. June when I ran a true search of Oswald Weise I hit pay dirt.
I found the date 1875-1888 location u.s. cd356 Passengers and immigration
lists Germans to America1875-1888. Could this be your Weise? Another search
proved many Oswald Weise web sites in Germany and in German. Unfortunately
I cannot help you there. I will send you under separate cover the print
outs of the research under separate cover.

The Garrett library in Magnolia has a genealogy room upstairs and there is
a LDS library also in Magnolia that is online with LDS in Salt Lake City.

Happy searching,
Aunt Ludie