From time to time this list mentions the survey of Bohemia written by J G Sommer between about 1833 and 1848. The collection of books includes one volume for each of the 16 Kreis of Bohemia at that time. Below is an English translation of the foreward section of the volume for Elbogner Kreis by Urs Geiser found by Aida Kraus. http://home.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Genealogy/Bohemia/overview.html#economy At genealogy conferences I often cite the forward sections of these books as valuable for learning which Infantry regiment recruited in that area. The information usually appears in the section after Flora and Fauna. I names the regimental Inhaber (top officer, proprietor), gives the regiment number, and says how many sections of that regiment were recruited there. In the case of Elbogen it was 5 sections of IR 35. A section is a company. There were 10 companies in a regiment. Before 1860 each company of a regiment had its own specific recruitiing area (specific places). Some of the Sommer books actually name all of the places (villages, towns) in which a certain company recruited. Others only give the general information given in this translation. This data is good through about 1859 when there were 63 regiments. The number of regiments changed to 80 in 1860 and subsequently so did the size of the district where each recruited. After 1860 recruiting fell to county conscription commissions and individual regimental companies no longer did their own recruiting. Karen