Greetings, Thank you for that information, Ewald. It does not seem that there is much hope of finding the military records until I find his place of birth. Someone sent me the addresses for the departmental archives in Colmar & Strasbourg and I have written to them. Thanks again, Richard On Jan 26, 2008, at 4:17 PM, EWALD wrote: > Hello Richard, > > Many of French military records have been centralized at the Military > Archives in Vincennes (Service Historique de la Défense, Vieux > Fort- Château > de Vincennes, > 94300 Vincennes) but the conscription records are kept at the > departmental > archives (in Strasbourg for Bas-Rhin, in Colmar for Haut-Rhin). > For more information, see the site: > http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/Search/rg/guide/France19.asp > > Hope this helps > > Ewald > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RAM" <mcadict@comcast.net> > To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:39 PM > Subject: [A-L] French Army & Francis J. BUSCH > > >> Greetings, >> >> I have just received the obituary of my gg grandfather, Francis J. >> BUSCH, reportedly born in Alsace on 10 Feb 1821. The obituary states >> that he served in the French Army for seven years. He was married in >> Lowell, MA in 1853 and I can document that he remained in the U.S. >> until his death on 3 Oct 1898. >> >> I have checked Ancestry, done a Google search, including Google >> books, and I have not yet found a source that provides records of >> soldiers in the French Army prior to 1853. >> >> Can anyone suggest where I might look for French military records? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Richard >> -- >> Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine- >> L.htm >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE- > LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message