Margaret There is a Jonas Bird in the Rev War. He was from North Carolina. maybe related??? Had a son William who married Faitha Parker have you checked the early census?? Mary Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:36 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Re: Hessian research - BIRD - VOGEL > Hello Margaret, > Thanks for writing - all I can do at this point in time is give > you some directions - as you can see, I am forwarding your > e-mail to the AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com mailing list > and open your query up to the readers of that list. > I would suggest to review the mail list archives, and since you > are a Rootsweb supporter already, you'll know where to find us. > Good luck in your search for your BIRD - (or Vogel) > Cheers, > John Merz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Margaret > To: hessian@sympatico.ca > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 7:18 PM > Subject: Hessian research > > > Hello John,I was searching on rootsweb for the names of Hessian > deserters, or whatever you want to call them for wanting to stay in > America, and wondered if you would check for a name for me. > I am really reaching,but my husband's great great something grandfather > was Abraham Bird/Byrd we think born in VA.We can't find anything on him > except marriage and death and that he served in the War of 1812.But I > found a book in our local library that said he went from IN back to KY to > visit his father and could hardly understand him because he spoke such > broken English,that he was from Germany. > Now to get to my question,I wondered if you might have something on a > Bird/Byrd or possibly Vogel(I understand that means Bird in German) that > lived in VA or possibly KY.From what I understand he was living in KY when > Abraham enlisted in the war of 1812 and also when he died.Abraham enlisted > from Shelby Co.KY. > Thank you for your time,I hope you have something or can head me in the > right direction.Any help will be deeply appreciated. > > Margaret Green > > green702@claynet.com > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Mail List archives are your best bet to find information, try > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=amrev-hessians > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/AMREV-HESSIANS-L > >