A message from John Merz FROM THE GUIDE "SOURCES" The information collected for this publication has been found in various sources, such as books, historical works, dissertations, and other documentations, and is listed herein in numerical order as the information has been received. In other words, the S#1 (Source #1) was the first source studied by this researcher, followed by #2, and so on. When studying the "One-Line-Name" entries or personal data files of particular soldiers, sources are quoted as they have been found. Most of the material quoted can be obtained for closer study from your local Public Library or through Inter-Library loan. Most research centres do have significant holdings of source material of their own. One more clarification: If it says $18, 192, 400, that means it refers to S#18, S#192, S#400. With one-line listings, every type space counts. Hope this will answer some of your questions. Yours John Helmut Merz at the bottom of the webpages dealing with John's research you'll find The S# numbers are explained on these pages Resources So then you click on the link: and it takes you to.... http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/r-c/resources.htm but 400 is on the next page: 400 John Helmut Merz e-mail address -"removed" Information obtained by e-mail from a variety of private sources. NOTE from me that could mean an email in the list archives or an email directly to him. Nelda Nelda L. Percival http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/