Looks like this response was lost somewhere in the ether. Let's try it again... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] German Soldiers or Other LDS Film 1454421 > Hi Helen > > Given the timeframe, it is unlikely that you'll find any ethnic German > soldiers on this microfilm. > > While it is always possible that the Austrian Empire stationed one of its > "KK" (i.e., Imperial Landwehr, composed entirely of Austrian personnel) > regiments there, it is more likely that the garrison was a "K.u.K" (i.e. > "Kaiserlich und Koniglich") regiment composed of locally recruited troops. > While the recruited troops reflected the local ethnic mix, the officer > corps was usually staffed heavily with Austrians. You will probably find > some Czechs, Poles, and others among the officers as well. > > So, the likelihood is that you will find a mixture of Austrian, Czech, > Polish, and Ruthenian names on the microfilm. It will all depend upon who > stayed healthy and who didn't. Sorry, no Germans. > > The text is in German only because that was the official language of > Austrian Army. My grandfather, while an ethnic Pole, was the scribe or > clerk of his K.u.K. infantry regiment because he was fluent in German and > had good penmanship. But, alas, I've never viewed any of the records that > he might have written during his stint in the K.u.K. His commanding > officer was, I believe, Oberst (Colonel) Raimund Baczynski von Leszkowicz > > Cheers! > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Ginn" <ginn@ebtech.net> > To: <GALICIA@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:07 PM > Subject: [GALICIA] German Soldiers or Other LDS Film 1454421 > > >> Listers: >> >> I stumbled on the information below while searching films for the >> Husiatyn area -- can anyone tell me if this film would have German >> soldiers or perhaps records for Polish or Ukrainian? >> >> 1854 - 1855 >> Deaths of military personnel in Czortkow, Hadynkowce and Trembowla, >> Galizien, Austria; later Czortkow, Hadynkowce and Trembowla, Tarnopol, >> Poland; now Chortkiv, Hrynkivtse, and Terebovlya, Ternopil, Ukraine. >> For Indexes to the names of regimental captains and garrison place >> names see films no. 1442862-1442866. Text in German. >> >> Helen Ginn >> >> >

Thank You Dennis: Just what I had hoped to hear. Sounds like this is another one pound film with a lot of information on it and 17 items to look through. Certainly worth a try even if it is in German. Maybe some of the names will look familiar. Thanks again. Kind regards, Helen Ginn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 10:17 AM Subject: [GALICIA] German Soldiers or Other LDS Film 1454421 > Looks like this response was lost somewhere in the ether. Let's try > it > again... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:51 AM > Subject: Re: [GALICIA] German Soldiers or Other LDS Film 1454421 > > >> Hi Helen >> >> Given the timeframe, it is unlikely that you'll find any ethnic >> German >> soldiers on this microfilm. >> >> While it is always possible that the Austrian Empire stationed one >> of its >> "KK" (i.e., Imperial Landwehr, composed entirely of Austrian >> personnel) >> regiments there, it is more likely that the garrison was a "K.u.K" >> (i.e. >> "Kaiserlich und Koniglich") regiment composed of locally recruited >> troops. >> While the recruited troops reflected the local ethnic mix, the >> officer >> corps was usually staffed heavily with Austrians. You will probably >> find >> some Czechs, Poles, and others among the officers as well. >> >> So, the likelihood is that you will find a mixture of Austrian, >> Czech, >> Polish, and Ruthenian names on the microfilm. It will all depend >> upon who >> stayed healthy and who didn't. Sorry, no Germans. >> >> The text is in German only because that was the official language of >> Austrian Army. My grandfather, while an ethnic Pole, was the scribe >> or >> clerk of his K.u.K. infantry regiment because he was fluent in >> German and >> had good penmanship. But, alas, I've never viewed any of the records >> that >> he might have written during his stint in the K.u.K. His commanding >> officer was, I believe, Oberst (Colonel) Raimund Baczynski von >> Leszkowicz >> >> Cheers! >> >> Dennis >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Helen Ginn" <ginn@ebtech.net> >> To: <GALICIA@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 4:07 PM >> Subject: [GALICIA] German Soldiers or Other LDS Film 1454421 >> >> >>> Listers: >>> >>> I stumbled on the information below while searching films for the >>> Husiatyn area -- can anyone tell me if this film would have German >>> soldiers or perhaps records for Polish or Ukrainian? >>> >>> 1854 - 1855 >>> Deaths of military personnel in Czortkow, Hadynkowce and Trembowla, >>> Galizien, Austria; later Czortkow, Hadynkowce and Trembowla, >>> Tarnopol, >>> Poland; now Chortkiv, Hrynkivtse, and Terebovlya, Ternopil, >>> Ukraine. >>> For Indexes to the names of regimental captains and garrison place >>> names see films no. 1442862-1442866. Text in German. >>> >>> Helen Ginn >>> > >>> >> > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message