Hello Hessians, I have very exciting news to share. A date has finally been set for a group of American descendants of Ansbacher Johann Jacob Rierschneck (Ruehrschneck) to travel to Germany and Austria to see our Hessian soldier’s homeland! Dates for the twelve day trip are: October 12-23, 2012. More information will be available soon which I will post for anyone who is interested. A brochure with tentative itinerary can be seen at the bottom of the following page: http://www.rasnickfamily.org/index.html . It is now less than a year away and as time gets closer, the excitement is really building. I would like to thank everyone on this list who has helped make this dream come true, and especially to our list’s founder, the late John Merz. I know he would share in our joy if he were still here with us. I will keep the list informed as to our progress in hopes that chronicling our journey will help and encourage others with their research. I think that if our family can have the success we have had in finding our Hessian, others can too. Marie Rasnick Fetzer Descendant of Private Johann Jacob Rierschneck Musketeer, Ansbach, Company 1 1777-1783 http://www.rasnickfamily.org http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jacobrasnickproject/ http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/oh/ruehrschneck.htm