Hello John ; It is sorry indeed that people would not want to reward you for helping with their search ..... now, I am only too glad and eager to send you a check for research, if indeed you are still available for same, I am seeking data about my EDEL-EDELL ancestors, 2 of whom are shown in Archives to have been Hessian Soldiers... If you will let me know please, I appreciate your assistance, and Thank you, Sally Edell Dutton ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <jmerz@cogeco.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:28 PM Subject: Personal Data Files for Hessian Soldiers. > Dear Hessian descendants; > > During my twenty years of doing research in the wherabouts of > Hessian soldiers in the U.S.A. and Canada, I have typed out > countless 'Personal Data Files' for individual Hessian soldiers. > Each file (or name) has cost me countless hours of research, > in some cases I had very little to go on, in others I had plenty > of sources and material, and looking at some copies, there are > PDF's with only six or 8 lines, and there are others with a full > page, 2 pages, even up to nine pages. > > In the beginning of my research, I used to mail them to anyone > asking for it for free, but I soon found out that this was a bad idea, > because anything for free isn't worth much. Right? > That's when I started to charge 10 Dollars for a PDF, and guess > what, many PDF's I created because someone was asking for it, > never were called for, and remained in my files. > Work done, but not appreciated. > > Well, what I want to say with this - all my files are now with the > S.A.R. Library in Louisville, Kentucky, the address has been > published many times on this list, and I will not guarantee it, > but your soldiers PDF may be there, or at least some important > information about your Hessian soldier, your Brunswick soldier, > your Ansbach-Bayreuth soldier, but your Anhalt-Zerbst soldier > may be found in my Canadian repository in Ameliasburg, Ontario. > > BTW. there was not much to report about my visit to Germany. > I'll write about it in the next few days. > > Yours truly > John Helmut Merz > retired (and tired) at the shores of Lake Ontario, where finally a > cool breeze has brought to an end the 'heat wave'. > > ______________________________

Hi Listers, I as you all know have a website at rootsweb.com. In freepages at rootsweb they have sections that are indexed seperatly. I would like to use the Military section to create a website for our Hessian mailing list. As you all know, I really know nothing about "OUR" Hessians. I would need a volunteer to write an opening statement about the Hessians and I would want all members to send a little information about their ancestor, with if you have it a website url to offer more information and or email addresses for a person trying to research the same ancestor to be able to contact you. We could include the addresses of where John's research is stored at and how to go about getting info from these sources. It could include pictures or anything you would like to share.... the website url would be listed in the taglines so it would be available to all listers. Is anyone intersted in helping? Is anyone interested at all? I would do the website work, I just need the data... 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/

Nelda, Thank you for your work. My "Hessian" ancestor was George Fazenbaker. My website dedicated to George Fazenbaker is > http://users.erols.com/ashlie/FAZENBAK.HTM My book about George Fazenbaker and his descendants is out of print. Walt Warnick --------------------------- Nelda Percival wrote: > Hi Listers, > I as you all know have a website at rootsweb.com. In freepages at > rootsweb they have sections that are indexed seperatly. I would like > to use the Military section to create a website for our Hessian > mailing list. > > As you all know, I really know nothing about "OUR" Hessians. I would > need a volunteer to write an opening statement about the Hessians and > I would want all members to send a little information about their > ancestor, with if you have it a website url to offer more information > and or email addresses for a person trying to research the same > ancestor to be able to contact you. > We could include the addresses of where John's research is stored at > and how to go about getting info from these sources. > > It could include pictures or anything you would like to share.... > > the website url would be listed in the taglines so it would be > available to all listers. > > Is anyone intersted in helping? Is anyone interested at all? > > I would do the website work, I just need the data... > > 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/ > > > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe click on AMREV-HESSIANS-L-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 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 > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. > Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >