I am descended from several surnames from Dudenhofen. Some family members served as soldiers in our Revolution. Some of my ancestors are Samuel Jaeger, Johann Seyboldt, Hans Kratz, and Petzinger, Walther, Seibert, Hartmann, Fenchel, Dietz, Schrodt, Mühl, Reis. I have information from the Schwalm Assoc. on Petzinger and Kratz and would like to fill in the other men from Dudenhofen who served witht he Hessian units, especially those who are related to me. I would also like to obtain the book containing the records of the Lutheran Church as it would help me enormously to verify the accuracy of my own research. I noticed that a member of this list mentioned a Christian FISCHER from Merxheim. A German named K. Herbert Küstner has published a whole series of books of church records from the German state of Pfalz, including Merxheim. I would be happy to answer inquiries from folks with an interest in Merxheim as I have a copy of the book for that church. Please write if you have family in common.