Hello Ernest, thank you very much for letting me know about the progress made on the history of your Hessian ancestor. Good luck to you and your cousins. Cheers, John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: Ernest P. Boland To: hessian@sympatico.ca Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:59 PM Subject: This and that Hi John, I am still working on the Johannes Bohland family data started by me in the year of 1964. My Hessian Soldier was Johann Heinrich Bohland (aka John Boland) from the von Ditfurth Regiment 3rd Company. In the year 2000 we formed the John Boland Family Association in Little Mountain, South Carolina (Deutsch Fork) and my cousin Donald W. Whitaker was appointed the Family Genealogist. He asked me to contribute my Boland files and also be his assistant. I did this. We are near the point of publication of a two volume book on our Hessian Soldier's life and descendants. I have not heard from you or about you for some time now so just thought I'd drop you a line and tell you thanks for all the help you gave me back several years ago. I have established contact with my Germany family who still live in Haine, Allendorf, Hessen. As a matter of fact a cousin owns and lives in the rebuilt home on the same land where my g,g,g,grandfather Johann Heinrich Bohland was born on June 02, 1755. I trust you are doing well. Again thank you for all your past help. Sincerely, Ernest P. Boland Hessian Descendant