Is there any help out there to find the birth records for this man from Langensalza, Sachsen-Gotha? Would appreciate any help. John John Helmut Merz wrote: > Thank you for mailing to me photocopies of your research for your > ancestor. After scrutinizing them now for weeks, two things I have > established. His signature on his marriage record of 29 August 1791 > at the Catholic Church of L'Islet's, Province of Quebec, I would read > 'Johannes Babtiste Munch with two dots (Muench - Mu''nch or M''unch)' > and his place of birth is clearly marked as 'Langensalza', now known as > 99947 Bad Langensalza, and in addition it was stated that this was the > area of 'Sackgode' Germany, which should be 'Sachsen-Gotha', as it was > known between 1640 and 1826 when it became 'Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha' and > now belongs to the State of Thuringia. The City of Gotha is about > 18 km south of Bad Langensalza, the area situated west of Erfurt/Thur. > > The whole has not taken us a step closer to finding this man in the > military files. Virginia DeMarce in "German Military Settlers in Canada" > states: > "??Munich, Jean Baptiste. Son of Charles Chrysostome and Catherine > Lisembart of Langanhalt, Lackgode, Germany, married 29 Aug 1791 at > L'Islet to Josette Fournier," She has no further information about him. > > Your translation of the marriage record shows; "Jean Baptiste Munich, > son of Charles Christophe Munich and of the late Marie Catherine > EISENHART of the parish of Langensaltz in Sackgode, etc., plus it lists > witnesses, one Jean Nicolas Seling, and Louis Albert Sidenham, friends > of the groom. And here we may find the connection - > Jean Nicolas Seling aka. Jean-Nicolas Sheling, the former Anhalt-Zerbst > soldier Nicholas Schilling, who was discharged in Quebec in Aug.1783, > and had married 25 Aug.1800 at St-Edward-de-Gentilly, to Josephte Guay > acc.to Gingras, this is the first witness, and low and behold, here > comes the second one: > Louis Albert Sidenham - not clearly established, but it is a good > chance that he is identical to one 'Zeitham, Johann', from Trier, > age 33, also a soldier of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment which was stationed > near Quebec. I have no further information for this Zeitham/Sidenham, > except I can say the pronouncation is awfully close for both names. > > I have checked my records to see where I can fit in Muench/Munick, > but so far no solution, was he also a member of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regt. > or perhaps he belonged to the Brunswick troops, which were stationed > in Quebec during the Revolution, although I found several soldiers > from Langensalza in their Muster Rolls, but none who would fit. > > Let me say, we are a step closer to solve this riddle, regardless in > what military unit Johann Baptiste Muench served, with the names of > his parents available, a search in the church records of Bad Langensalza > should bring results. > > Regards, John Merz, Hessian researcher. > http://www.cgo.wave.ca/~hessian > Just published NEW: > GUIDE to find your Hessian Soldier of the American Revolutiom. > > ==== AMREV-HESSIANS Mailing List ==== > Think before you post - > and check text and address before sending.