Hello Bill, let me thank you for clearing this up for us. 1714/15 is a different ball of wax, alright, but here is another surprise - the two places you mentioned - WIEDERMUS and MARIENBORN belong to todays 63549 Ronneburg, the place I have been having my HESSENLAND subscriber meeting a few years back. Gee, what a small world, you will have to look into http://www.google.de and look for the Ronneburg. Friend of mine, Mr. Erdt, runs the Geschichtsvereein (Historical Society) you find his webpage easy. I wish you good luck, and with your luck I am sure you find your missing links. Cheers, John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roushey, Bill" <WRoushey@CPIGROUPS.COM> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 3:03 PM Dear John, Yes you have corresponded with me previously. 1-2 years ago I was convinced that my ancestor Peter Rauschenberger (born 1 Sep 1787) was the son of a Hessian soldier of the American Revolutionary war period. With your help we actually ruled out that possibility. I learned that Peter's father was in fact Peter Frederick Rauschenberger (born in PA in 1738). They were German Moravians living in Hope, Warren County, NJ. Our name was changed from Rauschenberger to Roushey some time around 1800 because it was too German. My latest inquiry is still the same family but several generations previous. Peter Benignus R. (b 1787), son of Peter Frederick R. (b 1738), son of Johann Friedrich R. (b 1715 in Wiedermus, Marienborn, Hessen?), son of Jacob Rauschenberger (b about 1685?) a Hessian soldier discharged from service as a result of a leg wound. Jacob was a Separatist at the time of Johann Friedrich's birth (1715). I am looking for early Hessen Soldier records for Jacob pre 1715. Do such records exist? Bill Roushey ggggggg grandson of Jacob Rauschenberger (Hessian Soldier Circa 1715) ggggg grandson of Johann Christoph Reiss (Hessian Solder Am Revolutionary War) -----Original Message----- From: John Merz [mailto:hessian@sympatico.ca] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:49 PM Subject: Fwd: [OWP] An die Militärexperten - Johann RAUSCHENBERG Dear Ernst, I have a feeling that this Bill Roushey was in contact with me before, because my address book gave me both his addresses when I started typing his name. But breats me, I can't find any correspondence. Anyway, there is a Johann RAUSCHENBERG of the Brunswick troops, who deserted in Canada in 1783, he came from 31249 Hohenhameln, <SNIP>