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Thank you so much Mike, it clears up some questions and fills in some blanks.

I have an ancestor named Julius Roberts 1797-1860 married to Eugenia, maiden name unknown, 1797 -1885. They had a son named Alfred Roberts born in 1823. They emigrated to New York City from Switzerland sometime between 1840 and 1850 since they turned up on the 1850 census. This is my brick wall. Any...