???Looking for boats coming here and other such info- around 1881- give or take 3-4 years

Do you know what port they came to? Maybe you could start there, and then do a search for immigration records in that city or county.

Just a thought. I am not an expert. ;)

I've got the lists of people who came to America through Boston. If you want to, PM me the names you are looking for and dates, etc and I will look through them for you.

julie

www.familysearch.org

has some good info. My ancestor's are from germany too, they settled in Texas. Last name, Kuhlmann or Kuhlman