Evelyn, Actually 41 wasn't too old to serve., depending on necessity of army personnel. Possible also he didn't join up, and stuck around defending his own property. I gather you don't have gravesites, however by now many of the cemetaries have been walked and recorded. Maybe tax records in the county (counties) you believe he was in would have him on record. Jane > > > grabbing at straws because I cannot find death records for him or for > her. And there is a big blank before his marriage in 1845. reason I > am on this list. So far, I can find no Joseph Keller on a list > with enough facts to say "Ah, this is the one!" >>> >> >

Jane, I do have the cemetery record for the family. Are you suggesting that if he was buried in his hometown, then he probably was not killed in the war? What I am trying to find is my ggfather Joseph Keller's death record which I hope would have the parents' names. I do have his sister's death certificate and it names the parents but uses anglicized name(John Jay Keller) and a misspelling (I think) of the mother's maiden name (Verena Kilingerfuss, which probably is Klingenfuss.) The family was Swiss - the northern German speaking part. I suspicion this sister had a different mother than her brothers as I find birth records for the two boys with a mother of a different name. Also, the sister was 19 years younger than my ggfather. So --- the search continues. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Rasmussen" <janeluci@bresnan.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS Digest, Vol 1, Issue 159 > Evelyn, Actually 41 wasn't too old to serve., depending on necessity > of army personnel. Possible also he didn't join up, and stuck around > defending his own property. I gather you don't have gravesites, > however by now many of the cemetaries have been walked and recorded. > Maybe tax records in the county (counties) you believe he was in would > have him on record. > Jane >> >> >> grabbing at straws because I cannot find death records for him or for >> her. And there is a big blank before his marriage in 1845. reason I >> am on this list. So far, I can find no Joseph Keller on a list >> with enough facts to say "Ah, this is the one!" >>>> >>> >> > > >