I have the same question "How does one look up a Germanic Soldier who did not stay here?" I've been working 'present to past' looking for our 'rumored' family Hessian Soldier. I recently reached the 'end of the American line' with my G-G-G-Grandfather: 'John M. Ziegler' Born Bavaria, Dec 4, 1816, Died Dec 18, 1894 - buried: St John's Cemetery, Queens, New York (family plot with beautiful monument). I am about to take out a subscription on Ancestry.com so that I can begin searching German records. Don't really know where to go from here - time will tell. Would appreciate any advice from anyone who has encountered the same circumstances. Thank you, Cory Griffin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nelda Percival Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 2:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AMREV-HESSIANS] Johannes Ziegler, possibly a Hessian? Hi, How does one look up a Germanic Soldier who did not stay here? Johannes Ziegler, b. Abt Oct 1739, Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany died 30 Jan 1825, Grossropperhausen, Cassel, Germany his occupation was a soldier, he married a Bonnstein relative Martha Elisabeth (Bon-1a) /Bonstein/ in 1766 He may have served in the French Indian War instead, looking at his age in 1776-1739= 37, but he was a carrier soldier. SO?? Thanks Nelda Nelda L. Percival - my websites Genealogy - http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm GeneticGenealogy - http://www.geneticsand.us Blog - http://aircastles-lets-talk.blogspot.com/ GilpinGenetics: not up yet Administrator of Y-DNA surname projects Gilpin, Cupp, Bonstein Web Mistress for LCRG - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg PLEASE CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS! ~~~~~~~~~ FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 Created 1998 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ADMINISTRATOR<Kerri> [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message