Dear Sandel, it is nice to hear from you once again after such a long time. But I do have a serious question to your statement of today - According to the history of the American Revolution, French officers did NOT have to change sites, they fought on the side of the Americans. France was an ally of the Americans in their fight against Britain. Your statement that you know these ancestors of yours having been French officers,should really open the door to find out when and with whom they came to America. There were not too many of them. Unless of course your statement is undocumented hearsay, such as is said about every second Hessian soldier married an Indian princess, or every other Hessian deserter served in General Washington's body guard I don't really know how that subject suddenly re-appeared on the Am-Rev. list, but since an old study of mine was pulled from the archives with additional family information, all I really did was to acknowledge and add a small commentary. I want to do the same for your benefit, I also want to add a small commentary: Janice, who posted the initial Briskie/Briskey issue yesterday, found the family information in respect to William Nicholas Brisky's marriage in May 1789 to a German girl, Susan Elizabeth Merck, born 1757 in South Carolina. This leads me to believe that this Brisky most likely was German too. Wish you best of luck in your search, John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: AngelSandel@aol.com Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 2:47 AM Subject: Re: [A-REV] Re: Briskie/Briskey Hessian soldiers or not? Hello, I know you get so far back and it's like running into brick walls finding people in the American Revolution or sometimes where they came from in Europe. We know that he and his brother Charles we're french officers and they changed sides to the American Army. But can't find records. Thanks for your support. Sandel