Dear Suzanne Grosh, when did you decide to spell your name without the 'c' between the s and the h? 2 or 3 hundred years ago, they didn't take it too serious with the spelling of names. I have seen names spelled 28 different ways and you are lucky, your ancestor's name was spelled only 3 or 4 ways. Take it as a blessing in disguise, but rest assured, we have the right man. Incidently, his Hanau Artillery Captain Pausch's Journal spelled it Fahrbach on page 173 of his book, published by The New York Times and Arno Press, reprint edition 1971. Cheers, John Merz, an old Hessian himself. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Grosh" <diva@media2.hypernet.com> To: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:05 PM Subject: Re: John Furbeck, Hanau Artillery = Johannes Forbach/Vorbach. > Thank you so much. I found the Oct '98 account. I'm a little confused by > all of the different spellings. How do we know it's the same person? Would > he have simply decided to start spelling his name differently. I have been > looking for Fuhrbeck, per the German spelling of what was later anglicized > (I assumed) to Furbeck. Now it appears that it had at least 3 spellings > (Forbach, Vorbach and Fahrbach)!!! > Suzanne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> > To: "Suzanne Grosh" <diva@media2.hypernet.com>; > <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 4:23 PM