I am somewhat overwhelmed finding where to start locating origins of the Boehm/ B�hm family, especially a great grandfather max frederick wilhelm karl B�hm (boehm) (bn 2/2/1851 west prussia, died Bay City MI, USA 2/22/1910). Orally, he stated to his family that he emigrated from Marienwerder Prussia (kwidzyn Poland) from Hamburg to Baltimore Maryland in 1873. His fiance was Eleanora Novark, or Novalk, Nowark?16 year old from Gunthen, Prussia, or Gonty Poland just 12 miles east and just north of Prabuty, Poland. I checked LDS family website and they have his father as William Bohm (Boehm) and mother as Wilhelmina Wollenberg. I will check with them for their source.
But where does one start concerning German records that were probably burned or transferred after WWll ? They were lutheran. I found a passenger list from Bremen in 1873, the year that he stated to the 1910 census taker in Bay City, MI with two sister, leonore Novalk who was written down as 20 when she was really only 16. Any leads would certainly help. Thankyou for your time. bill