[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Passports or Identity Papers

[Günther Böhm]

GVLESS at aol.com schrieb:

>I was wondering if my husband's father (who immigrated to U.S. 1903) might  
>have had something else besides his Confirmation certificate for identification 
> when he went through Ellis Island.  We have always assumed this as his only  
>identity paper as nothing had ever been found in the family's records after 
>his  death.  Family story has it he was "escaping" out of Volhynia because he  
>was of draft age and didn't want to serve in the Russian  military.  His 
>brother, Erdmann who was in the military, and home  on leave also made his "escape" 
>the year before.  Could these brothers have  arrived here without papers - 
>except for what we know of my husband's Dad having  his Confirmation paper?  So 
>far also I have not been able to locate a  record of immigration for Fred Less 
>thru Ellis Island either.  A lot of  Less names are there but none of a Fred 
>(or Friedrich) Less.
>
Hello Virginia,
there is a Friedrich LESS in a ship manifest of passengers arriving in 
Baltimore June 9th, 1903!
You can download it through ancestry.com which is freely accessible 
until November 30th. If you want, I can send it directly as JPEG file.

Guenther