Research
In doing my research, I had to be sure to evaluate the source of the information. It was a slow process and I had piece everything together from trustworthy sources.
National Archives and Records Administration
www.weserbergland-tourismus.de
Ernst Mengersen - Uboat commander
Annotation: Hessian Troops in the American War for Independence:
Source Publication Code: 3067.31
An Index According to Surname: Date and place of entry in unit books. Year of birth,
place of origin, rank, unit, category of presentation, and archive code of the source are also provided.
Source Bibliography: HESSISCHE TRUPPEN IM AMERIKANISCHEN
UNABHAENGIGKEITSKRIEG (HETRINA)
Index nach Familiennamen: (Marburg: Archivschule)(Veroeffentlichungen der Archivschule
Marburg, Institut fuer Archivwissenschaft, Nr. 10). Band II. Marburg 1976; Auflage, 1987.
Page: 109 - 110
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: 1500s-1900s [database on-line].
Original data: Filby, P. William
Source Information: Gale Research.
Provo, UT, & Farmington Hills, MI, USA
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
Description: Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States
1and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,461,000
individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original
passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information:
name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.
Source Bibliography: FRIEDRICH MUELLER.
Source Publication Code: 5860
Source Citation: America
Year: 1860-1880;
Westfaelische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Minden,
Part 1: 1816-1900 (Erlaubte Auswanderung).In Beitraege zur westfaelischen Familienforschung,
vols. 38/39 (1980-1981), pp. 3-711. Page:174
Ship Name: S.S. New York
19 Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_4496
Page Number: 80 Passenger Ships and Images
FHL US/CAN Film 1320516 Items 6-7 FHL US/CAN Film 1320542 Items 5-6
Ship Name: S.S. New York
Shipping Line: Hamburg-American
Years in service: 1927-1949
Builder: Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
Tonnage: 21,455.
Dimensions: 602' x 72'. Twin-screw, 16 knots.
Steam turbines. Two masts, Two funnels.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006
Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999