Would have been nice if you had given us the name of your 3rd gr grandfather. I have Rissinger and Reisinger in Dauphin Co. and Schuylkill Cos. PA. Possible clues : George Heinrich/Henry Risssinger m. Elizabeth Koons ; had son Abraham John Rissinger b. 1807 in Upper Paxton Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; Abraham Rissinger m. Anna Klinger b. 1815 in Klingerstown (Klingerstown was originally in Berks Co., now Dauphin Co., PA; Anna Klinger was a dau. of Johan Peter Klinger....Hessian Triangle area along with Schwalm, Ossman, Schmeltzer, etc. Peggy Lyte Tyrrell At 12:44 PM 6/29/04 -0400, John Merz wrote: >Forwarded to list - has anybody seen this name? >John Merz > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joe Carr" <jc93518@alltel.net> >Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:46 AM > > > > My name is Joe Carr, I am still with you. I joined the list a short time > > ago. I am trying to find any information on the names Risinger or possibly > > Reisinger. I have been told my ancestors came from Germany. I do not know >if > > they were Hessian or not, just the possibility they were. My 3rd > > ggrandfather was born in 1795 in PA. Any help out there? > > > > >==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== >HETRINA - "Hessische Truppen im Amerikanischen Unabhaengigkeitskrieg" >Six Volumes covering Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Hanau, and Waldeck. >HETRINA does not cover Braunschweig/Brunswick, Ansbach-Bayreuth or >Anhalt-Zerbst. Those are partly covered by other publications. >You'll find information in the keyword archive 1999 "26 feb 1999"