Your: Sorry to foist my Schilling story on the list but it took 30 years to find him. Hi Ed, By All means, share your Schilling story with the list.... To Me! thats just what a genealogy mailing list is for, to share your genealogy finds about your Hessian and his descendants. Makes for wonderful records in the Archives. Nelda List Manager Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/