Looking for--

I'm looking for any trace of my ancestors who came over on the ship
Gustav 11/24/1848. Anna Elisabeth Scheiden came from Weissenbraun;
Leonard Greaf came from Fraulberg. Since the current Germany wasn't
formed yet I can't find any maps or information on these towns. Are
these names familiar to anyone?

Joe Pessarra...

Could one town be Weißenbronn?
Prefix: Weissenbronn
Weißenbronn
Part of: Heilsbronn
GKZ : 09 5 71 165
County : | | +---- Ansbach {AN}
RegBez : | +------- Mittelfranken
Land : +--------- Bayern
ZIP : 91560
Popul : 392
Locat : (Heilsbronn) 49d20m N 10d48m E

Could the other town be Faulenberg?

Prefix: Faulenberg

Faulenberg
Part of: Schillingsfürst
GKZ : 09 5 71 198
County : | | +---- Ansbach {AN}
RegBez : | +------- Mittelfranken
Land : +--------- Bayern
ZIP : 91583
Popul : 175
Locat : (Schillingsfürst) 49d17m N 10d15m E

Both towns are fairly close to each other. Notice the first three numbers
of the postal code are the same, 915
Weissenbronn is about 39 km (24 miles) east of Faulenberg.

Checking the Germany phone directory on the Net at

No Scheiden listings in Weissenbronn, but one Schmieden.

There are only 5 Scheiden listings in all of Germany.

Name Strasse, Hausnummer Postleitzahl, Ort Telefonnummer
Name Street, House number Postal Code, Town Telephone Number

Bruchmann Heike
Distelberg 10A
31157 Sarstedt
05066 72 10

Scheiden Hans-Wilhelm
Hasestr. 52A
31137 Hildesheim
05121 51 45 59

Scheiden Simone
Imbuschweg 24
12351 Berlin
030 6 61 30 46

Scheiden Simone
Imbuschweg 24
12351 Berlin
030 6 61 41 94

Turn- u. Sportverein Scheiden e.V...
Bürgerhaus
66679 Losheim am See
06872 58 67

None of the postal codes are near the two towns found. But with so few
names, you might consider some letters of inquiry.

Checking the phone directory for Greaf in Faulenberg we find:

No Greaf listings in Faulenberg.

Bernd Niemann...

The OP should try the spelling GRAEF / GRÄF

A search for this brings up app. 70 entries for the 50 km - area
arround Schillingsfürst.

Bernd from Germany

Joe Pessarra...

Good suggestion Bernd. Wish I had thought of that! ;<)

Joe in Texas

There is only one Greaf listing for all of Germany. The listing does not
show as Greaf, but as Brauwers. If you click on the name, you will get
another screen that shows a Beate Greaf living in the home.

Brauwers Uwe
Vennstr. 19
41334 Nettetal
02157 12 61 07

You can see where the two towns are located by looking them up on Multimap

Good luck on your search.

Joe in Texas