Bill--You do understand that Fort Frederick, MD and the Hessian Barracks located at Frederick, MD are not the same place? Jim Swigart -----Original Message----- From: Bill Pooler [mailto:maderarocks@kuhncom.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:54 PM To: AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HESSIAN] Hessian Prisoners at Ft. Frederick, Md Hi Nelda ! I noticed a posting inquiring about Hessian prisoners at Ft. Frederick, Md. I obtained a booklet from the Pennsylvania German Society (Box 397, Birdsboro, PA 19505) for $8.50, inc.S&H, which says about 1000 prisoners were held at the Fort between 1778 and 1781. However the barracks and other buildings in the town of Frederick held about 3000 men at different times from 1780 until the end of the war. More than half of these were Hessians. The 'Hessian Barracks' are still in existance, and is a museum. The booklet also contains a list of 182 former prisoners who settled in the area. ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== Mail List archives are your best bet to find information,You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them, going from one message to another. To search: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AMREV-HESSIANS To browse: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L To unsubscribe from the -D version of the list:AMREV-HESSIANS-D-request@rootsweb.com and write one single word unsubscribe in subject line and text field. No other words or explanations or it won't work. you must unsub from the version you are subscribed to -D for that address and -L for that one, don't get them mixed up...or you won't unsubscribe. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx