----Original Message Follows---- From: "Bob Brooks" <rcbrooks@pivot.net> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com>, <Aumag@web.de> Subject: Michelsberg Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:27:59 -0600 Also, from Michelsberg I find: Reuther, Justus Heinrich, Korporal, WIS1, born ca. 1751-53, died from non-battle causes Aug 1782. WIS is the HETRINA code for the Garnison-Regiment von Wissenbach (ab 1780 von Knoblauch) The old Marburg citations for manuscripts re: the Regiment von Knyphausen are: Best. 12, Maß- und Rangierlisten, Nr. 398 [1775] Best. 12, Maß- und Rangierlisten, Nr. 399 [1785] Best. 12, blaue Nr. 8843 Monatliche Listen [Regiment v. Knyphausen April 1776 - 1783 Oktober] Best. 4 h 328, No 111-115 Akten des Kriegsgerichts über die Niederlage von Trenton Best, 4 h 410, No 1 monatliche Meldungen und Verlust- und Gefangenenlisten nach der Niederlage von Trenton. Within the past few years, the manuscripts at Marburg have been redesignated; however, I have been told that the old designations are well known to the staff. I am also told that Frau Dr Inge Auerbach, co-chairman of the HETRINA Project, is still at HStA Marburg. I would think that the HETRINA database at HStA Marburg could provide a list of all the men who served in the AWI who came from Michelsberg; however, I don't know if the old database has been brought up to modern standards. HETRINA Bd. I through Bd. IV were based upon card sorts of data encoded on key-punched IBM 80 column cards. There is more information on most of the original records than will be found in the HETRINA records. Additionally, some of the data was "manipulated" in order to develop a coherent report. I hope this is a help to your project. I also hope that perhaps a descendant of these men will contact you. If not, the JSHA files should list points of contact. Bob Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: Chronik of Michelsberg for the 750th anniversary >Forwarded to the AMFREV-HESSIANS mail list: > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Aumag" <Aumag@web.de> >To: <hessian@sympatico.ca> >Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:33 PM >Subject: Chronik of Michelsberg for the 750th anniversary > > >>Dear Mr. Merz, >> >>My name is Andreas Göbel and I'm from Michelsberg in Germany. Some >>others and I are working on a chronik of Michelsberg for the 750th >>anniversary of our hometown next year. If you want to know more about >>our little village, you can find some interesting information at >>"www.schwalmstadt-michelsberg.de" on the Internet. >> >>By change I found some information of Georg and Hans Heinrich Vogel and >>Johannes Wickert on the Internet, who came from my hometown Michelsberg. >>I also found your E-Mail address. I write to you now because I hope that >>you can tell me more about Georg and Hans Heinrich Vogel and Johannes >>Wickert. >> >>There history is an interesting theme because today no one in >>Michelsberg knows anything about these men, who were soldiers of the >>hessian troops in the Revolutionary war. You could say, they are "the >>forgotten children" of Michelsberg. Today no "Vogels" but still some >>"Wickerts" live here in Michelsberg. On a map of 1773 you can find the >>names "Johannes Vogell", "Johannes Wickert", "Hanscurt Wickert" and >>"Hermann Wickert". I send it with this message as an attachment. >> >>The house of the Vogel brothers still exists today. It only went through >>minmal changes during the last two hundred centuaries. For many years it >>had been a "Dorfkneipe"(village inn), since 10 years it has become a >>"Künstlerhaus" (arthouse), because two "alternative" artists and their >>family live and work there. They do paintings, form sculptures etc. >>Every year in the summer they organize an artist-happening. Many amateur >>and professional artists from all over Germany come to Michelsberg for >>this happening. Moreover most of the "Wickerts" houses exists today. You >>can find some actual pictures as an attachment to this message. >> >>We would be very happy, if you could give us some information about the >>life of the men from Michelsberg mentioned above and perhaps of other >>men from my hometown, who we do not know at the moment. With your help >>and your information we might be able to write an article about the >>the hessian soldiers from Michelsberg for our chronik so that they >>become a part of our history again. >> >>Many thanks for your help in advance and many greetings from >>Michelsberg ! >> >>Andreas Göbel >> >>P.S.: If you reply my E-Mail please use the word "Michelsberg" in the >> headline(subject), because my spamfilter normaly erases all >> english messages :-)