VERY much appreciated! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Hubka" <bosax54@yahoo.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fw: Surname Rührschneck > Harriet, > > In the Tutwiler Collection at the Birmingham Public Library I find the > following: > > In Mercenaries from Ansbach & Bayreuth, Germany, who remained in America > after the Revolution by Clifford Neal Smith, 1979, Code 6-625 (arranged by > Soundex code), "RUEHRSCHNECK, Johann, Private, A/1. Last mentioned in > muster Roll of June 1783." > In Brunswick (Braunsweig) Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution > by Clifford Neal Smith, 1973, pl 36: Ruehr, Johann, birthplace Lutter am > Barenberge age 23/00 E (=whereabouts unknown) > According to The Dictionary of American Surnames, vol 3, by Patrick > Hanks, 2003, Ruehrschneck would be German for "Ruhr Snail" or a > slow-moving person from the Ruhr Valley region. I cannot print an umlaut > on Yahoo. > Hope this gives you somewhere to start. > > Anthony Hubka > Birmingham, AL > > = > > "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> wrote: > I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for > guidance...please. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harriet E. Rasnick > To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM > Subject: Surname Rührschneck > > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight > in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not > actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, > if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this > surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >

Harriet E. Rasnick I think you will find a lot of information about the Hessians if you will click on the the site below. Lou _http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html_ (http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Hessian.html)

He stayed in American after the war, married, had children, Anglicized his name to Rasnick, etc. I was hoping that, if I could find someone in Germany with that same surname, they might be able to help with the genealogy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Krupnak" <Lkrupnak@erols.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Surname Rührschneck > > >> From: "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> > >> >> Yes, he was a Hessian soldier. We have information once he arrived in >> America, but the European connection is lost. Can you give me some clues >> as to where I should look? Thanks. > > ******** > > What research have you conducted so far? > > > How long did he live in America after the war? > > > ______ > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an > archive. >

Aida: Thanks. The first URL represents an exchange I had on a DNA rootsweb.com site to which I subscribe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "aida kraus" <akibb1@verizon.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Ruerschneck > Ruehrschneck, area Nuernberg listed on this URL > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2005-10/1128579478 > Website on family tree Ruehrschneck > http://groups.msn.com/RasnakeFamilyTree/jonasrasnake.msnw > Aida > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >

> From: "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> > > Yes, he was a Hessian soldier. We have information once he arrived in > America, but the European connection is lost. Can you give me some clues > as to where I should look? Thanks. ******** What research have you conducted so far? How long did he live in America after the war? ______ Lavrentiy Krupniak

Wonderful clue! Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Urs Geiser" <ugeiser@xnet.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fw: Surname Rührschneck > The German phone directory http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ > lists 34 entries (businesses and residences) containing > that name, concentrated in the northern half of Bavaria > (Nuremberg etc.). Either the name originated in that area > or someone moved there from elsewhere and had descendants. > The phone directory lets you plot the results on a map! > > Urs Geiser (ugeiser@xnet.com) > Woodridge (DuPage Co.), IL, USA > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Harriet E. Rasnick wrote: > >> >> My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight >> in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not >> actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, >> if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this >> surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. >> > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html >

Aida: Thanks for the tips which I will explore. Harriet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aida Kraus wrote: I cannot find anything on Rasnick or Rührschneck in my Name Lexicon.

"Harriet E. Rasnick" wrote: > > I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for guidance...please. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harriet E. Rasnick > To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM > Subject: Surname Rührschneck > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not actually from Germany. Was he a "Hessian" soldier? They were mercenaries fro the British. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. ________ Lavrentiy Krupniak .

Yes, he was a Hessian soldier. We have information once he arrived in America, but the European connection is lost. Can you give me some clues as to where I should look? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was he a "Hessian" soldier? They were mercenaries fro the British.

I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for guidance...please. ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet E. Rasnick To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: Surname Rührschneck My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks.

The German phone directory http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ lists 34 entries (businesses and residences) containing that name, concentrated in the northern half of Bavaria (Nuremberg etc.). Either the name originated in that area or someone moved there from elsewhere and had descendants. The phone directory lets you plot the results on a map! Urs Geiser (ugeiser@xnet.com) Woodridge (DuPage Co.), IL, USA On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Harriet E. Rasnick wrote: > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to > fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he > was not actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian > surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals > with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. >

Harriet, In the Tutwiler Collection at the Birmingham Public Library I find the following: In Mercenaries from Ansbach & Bayreuth, Germany, who remained in America after the Revolution by Clifford Neal Smith, 1979, Code 6-625 (arranged by Soundex code), "RUEHRSCHNECK, Johann, Private, A/1. Last mentioned in muster Roll of June 1783." In Brunswick (Braunsweig) Deserter-Immigrants of the American Revolution by Clifford Neal Smith, 1973, pl 36: Ruehr, Johann, birthplace Lutter am Barenberge age 23/00 E (=whereabouts unknown) According to The Dictionary of American Surnames, vol 3, by Patrick Hanks, 2003, Ruehrschneck would be German for "Ruhr Snail" or a slow-moving person from the Ruhr Valley region. I cannot print an umlaut on Yahoo. Hope this gives you somewhere to start. Anthony Hubka Birmingham, AL = "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> wrote: I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for guidance...please. ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet E. Rasnick To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: Surname Rührschneck My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

You may want to check this out also, because ther is a Brewery "Mohrenkönig" at Augsburg (Bavaria) where a Georg Adam Rürschneck was connected to it in 1805 - this page in German Aida 1.. Buchstabe A (Augsburg- Aystetten) ... 80a Brauerei zum Mohrenkönig Georg Adam Rürschneck 1805. 80b Brauerei zum Mohrenkönig Johann Georg Schuhmacher 1832 ... findbox.de/redirect.php?...&redurl=http://www.klausehm.de/A9.html - Weitere Seiten dieser Web-Site - Speichern -

Ruehrschneck, area Nuernberg listed on this URL http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2005-10/1128579478 Website on family tree Ruehrschneck http://groups.msn.com/RasnakeFamilyTree/jonasrasnake.msnw Aida

I cannot find anything on Rasnick or Rührschneck in my Name Lexicon. Try Hungary (there is would be pronounced Rashnig, but written with just an s which is SH) you may also try to get a Name lexicon from the Library or as Interlibrary loan for Polish names, or Austrian Names (Galicia perhaps?) I even tried Reschnig - but nothing... Have you tried to put the various spellings into a Google URL, sometimes you will get Family trees of various names that way. Sorry, Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harriet E. Rasnick" <herasnick@comcast.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fw: Surname Rührschneck >I am a newbie in genealogy. This is my second request for >guidance...please. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harriet E. Rasnick > To: german-bohemian-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:05 PM > Subject: Surname Rührschneck > > > My ancestor was living in Germany circa 1776 and was conscripted to fight > in America during the Revolution, however, it is thought that he was not > actually from Germany. I am wondering if this is a Bohemian surname and, > if so, how would I go about contacting other individuals with this > surname? I have heard that it is a unique surname. Thanks. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >

Hello Aida! Rössin (today Resin) can be found here (in German!): http://www.ihff.at/indexstart.htm Go to 'Ortsverzeichnis' on left and than 'Ortsverzeichnisses' in the middle. No map. Is it the right one!? Regards, Heinz (Hadwig) ------------ aida kraus schrieb: > I am looking for a hamlet called Rössin in the area of Tepl. > Can anyone enlighten me! I cannot find it in any of the conventional > searches. > Aida > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an > archive. > >

In general, I like Ancestry, but before ou make a special trip to the library......... In regards to the tDraft Registration cards....great data BUT BUT BUT please note the "will be able to" some have been available for months.....many states are still only partially available, and a bunch of others are entirely in the "Coming SOON" status, as they have been for months. Coming SOON! Coming soon......

Soon might mean something at this point. Just this week, they let me sign up for "first notice" by e-mail. Not offered till now. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: RCSTHOR@aol.com<mailto:RCSTHOR@aol.com> To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] World War I draft registrations on line at Ancestry In general, I like Ancestry, but before ou make a special trip to the library......... In regards to the tDraft Registration cards....great data BUT BUT BUT please note the "will be able to" some have been available for months.....many states are still only partially available, and a bunch of others are entirely in the "Coming SOON" status, as they have been for months. Coming SOON! Coming soon...... ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/>

Aida, I have a map from Pilsen ca.1894 where I found Roessin. It is about 15 km SW of Tepl, just E of Weseritz. Margaret (Muschi) From: Heinz Hadwig <Heinz.Hadwig@inode.at> Reply-To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com To: GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Rössin Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:53:45 +0100 Hello Aida! Rössin (today Resin) can be found here (in German!): http://www.ihff.at/indexstart.htm Go to 'Ortsverzeichnis' on left and than 'Ortsverzeichnisses' in the middle. No map. Is it the right one!? Regards, Heinz (Hadwig) ------------ aida kraus schrieb: >I am looking for a hamlet called Rössin in the area of Tepl. >Can anyone enlighten me! I cannot find it in any of the conventional >searches. >Aida > >==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? >Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an >archive. > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the list? Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an archive. _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

To all of you out there I want to express my heartfelt thanks; the help you were giving me in finding Roessin was "overwhelming" and I have now several beautiful maps. Your replies arrived at my desk from all corners of the world..... You are SUPER GROUP "out there" and I am sending my thanks here, because I would "overload the Internet" if I did it individually! All I can say is WOW.... and "Dankeschön" "Grazie" "Gracias" "Merci beaucoup" "Dekuji mnohokrat" and "thanks and God bless!" Aida