I am having a hard time deciphering a birth location on a Hamburg Passenger List record. The surname/father in question is Gottlieb Gess traveling in 1853 to New Orleans. Under his birth location, it appears to show Tabbernow but I cannot find this anywhere. The closet village I can find is Pribbernow northeast of Stettin in Pomerania. Can somebody with more knowledge be able to tell me if this is correct and possibly translate the rest of the record?

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Hi,

I don't have access to the Hamburg records so I can't see the town name. Is it possible for you to capture an image of the town name and attach it as a file? There is a Taborowisno in Kreis Löbau. Check the progenealogists site for a Prussian gazetteer.

Sure, I will attach what is shows in the record.
The name is Gottlieb Gess. I can't translate what is written below his name or below the place name in question.

-Brian

That certainly looks like Tammerow. I wonder if that could be an initial J. Jammerow -- could it be Jablonowo?

There are also a lot of villages ending in -ow in Mecklenburg, but not a Tammerow or Jammerow. I will look in my records and see if I find anything else.

I can't read the writing below the name either. Do you know what type of information is usually written there? Are there others on the ship from the same area?

There is a Damerow in the Uecker-Randow district, Mecklenburg (on the border with Poland).

There is also a Klein Dammerow near Parchim in Mecklenburg.

Sorry, I hope this is not too much information!

Liz