Hi, I've been lurking on this site for some time but haven't yet been active on it. There is a family rumor that there was a Hessian soldier way back. The name is Feister (changed to Fister in the 1800's). I have looked the name up on the various lists mentioned on this website but have never found a Fister or Feister. Does anyone have a suggestion as to where I should start looking? Has anyone run across that name? The person in question may be Abraham Feister. I have census info but nothing tying him to Hessians. Ora Lee Klemme

You might try adding a "P" in front of the name and see what you come up with. Germans pronounce the p in words like Pfeif, but we only hear it as an "f". Sent from my iPhone On May 26, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Ora Lee Klemme <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been lurking on this site for some time but haven't yet been active on > it. > There is a family rumor that there was a Hessian soldier way back. The name > is Feister (changed to Fister in the 1800's). > I have looked the name up on the various lists mentioned on this website > but have never found a Fister or Feister. Does anyone have a suggestion as > to where I should start looking? Has anyone run across that name? The > person in question may be Abraham Feister. I have census info but nothing > tying him to Hessians. > > Ora Lee Klemme > FOUNDER: John H. Merz 1924-2006 List created 1998 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > AmRev-Hessian Website > http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Volunteer Administrator > [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 >