Hello Cousin John, I have not had anything to say for a while....lots to do with Christmas and then I had to get some kind of bug/virus that is still not gone. I have a few ideas of other kinds of hunting for Heinrich Westfall. Will keep you posted if I have any success. Do not know if my OCHS family connects with yours as I have yet to find where they came from in Germany. We do know that they were here in USA around 1700. Hope you and Emmi have a healthy New Year. Will be in touch. Cousin Peggy Lyte Tyrrell At 11:08 AM 1/2/05 -0500, you wrote: >On this second day of the New Year 2005 I notice that not >one soul has had anything to say to our readers ..... >at least let me assure you that despite my retirement I am >still reading everything anyone brings forward, even if I may >not respond myself, because - >read my New Years resolution >All the best to everybody - >John Helmut Merz >----- Original Message ----- >From: John Merz >To: ABEL-L@rootsweb.com ; BACKOFEN-L@rootsweb.com ; BOEHLER-L@rootsweb.com ; >BOOS-L@rootsweb.com ; FILGES-L@rootsweb.com ; MATZ-L@rootsweb.com ; >MERZ-L@rootsweb.com ; NIES-L@rootsweb.com ; WEIDER-L@rootsweb.com ; >SCHRODT-L@rootsweb.com ; WENTZEL-L@rootsweb.com ; WEINHOLD-L@rootsweb.com ; >WESTPHAL-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 6:08 PM >Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005 - and thank you Rootsweb ! > > >Hello everyone ! > >I sincerely hope that you all put the old year 2004 behind you, >and that you are looking forward to a good, healthy, successful >year with lots of new research and finding new cousins, and >above all, get over the 'brickwalls' we all have, finding our roots. > >Thanks for the help we have from the Rootsweb and Ancestry people >who run those mail lists and Message Boards, and that their >equipment may outlast and withstand the onslaught of the daily traffic. > >My own New Years resolution is simple - Survive 2005 ! >and dig deeper into my own family history, look for those brickwalls, >and help others to overcome theirs. > >Here is a short list of the names in my own tree in which I am most >keenly interested. You may check our mail list archives for my various >AHNENTAFEL postings - > >ABEL, BACKOFEN, BOEHLER, BOOS, FILGES, MATZ, MERZ, NIES, OCHS, >SCHRODT, WEIDER, WEINHOLD, WENTZEL, WINHOLD, WESTPHAL, >and MUELLER from Altwiedermus (Ronneburg) > >I would be most happy to hear from you - let's get over the Brickwall >together. > >Greetings to all >John Helmut Merz, >Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. > > >==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== >HETRINA - "Hessische Truppen im Amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitskrieg" >Six Volumes covering Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Hanau, and Waldeck. >HETRINA does not cover Braunschweig/Brunswick, Ansbach-Bayreuth or >Anhalt-Zerbst. Those are partly covered by other publications. >This list was started in 1998 by Johannes (John) Helmut Merz, and you will >find his explanations about HETRINA in our mail list archives.