REPEAT - in the last few days I received numerous enquiries if I would have data for a certain name, which in most cases I confirmed. But sure as hell, the next e-mails demand to know what I have, and that's when I run into a problem. Why not just spend the few bucks I am asking to help me pay my horrendous expenses, not even talking about the 19 years I spend to collect such material. Last week a subscriber e-mailed me a copy of a German letter from the Marburg archives, and asked me to translate it, which I did (free of charge) and he found out that it will cost him 45 Euros (US$60) just to get them working on his name, and they won't even guarantee they find something. After I did his translation, and gave him some recommandations, I never heard from him again. I can tell you one thing, I hate to think of money, and hate to ask for, but nobody except myself will pay my bills. and I will be soooo happy when the Librarian of the SAR shows up at my door and picks up this wondereful reference material of mine, and then I will sit on my balcony and enjoy the view and the peace, and my memory of the many happy descendants of Hessians, who in the past have been so good to me, and who did truly appreciate my help. Thank you all my friends, I will always remember you and our true friendship. Right now I am looking forward to meeting many of you at the Rose House Museum on 21. August 2004, which will be my last real Hessian engagment. After that - I will just chase my own family tree and the tree of my wife Emmi. All the best John .................................................. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> > To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: SAR Library Louisville, Kentucky. > > Hello dear Amrev-Hessian subscribers; > > To satisfy the request of a number of our subscribers, I have ordered > a reprint of my "GUIDE to find your Hessian Soldier of the AmRev" > improved and with additional names (about 3500), cost will be $20.00 > including the postage to USA or Canada. > > Mail check to > John H. Merz, 703-350 Concession St., Hamilton, Ontario, L9A 1B6, > Canada. > > If you are after a specific name, I will add a Personal Data File free. > If a PDF is ordered separate, it will cost you 15.00, or you will have > to wait til my stuff is at the SAR Library, where you can check it out yourself. > But for now it would be safe to ask me first if I have any information > for that name, just to make sure.