Here is what I read in the shorter record: "D[en] 28t[en] octob[e]r Mittag 1-2 Uhr ist des Joh. Georg Engelbachs 2te Tochter Johannetta Elisabeth mit einem Sohn zum 2ten mal niedergekomen. Zum Vater giebt Sie einen Corporal Nahmens Frobesem an, so in Hanau bei des Capit. Gene?? Compagnie stehet, D[en] 29t[en] d[es] m[onats] wurde es getauft und empfieng den Nahmen Johann Georg von ihrem Vater." This means:   The 28th of October 1-2 p.m. the 2nd daughter of Joh. Georg Engelbach, Johannetta Elisabeth got her second child, a son. As father [of the baby] she declares a Corporal with name Frobesem, who is in the Compagnie of Capit. Gene??. The 29th of the same month [the baby] was baptised and received the name Johann Georg of her father.   The other text has a horrible scibble. It would take me hours to deciffer this one. Beg your pardon, but I am a bit short in time.  ;-)   Hope this helps.   Best regards,   Thierry     Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich D-61250 Usingen ________________________________ Von: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> An: [email protected] Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 5. März 2009, 18:06:50 Uhr Betreff: Re: [HESSE] Researching very old military records in Hesse, and other things Both scans are on the same page. It's rather slow, A very large file for one (8MB). I can do something to make it smaller if you want. A Warning, I took the larger one in a vertical position so the text is sideways. I can manipulate it for you if you'd prefer. my page is http://www.amason.net/~brian/scans.html Thanks, Brian On Wed, March 4, 2009 3:12 pm, Thierry Dietrich wrote: > Where can I find the scan? Where is your personal page? >   > Dr. Thierry P. Dietrich > > D-61250 Usingen > > > > > ________________________________ > Von: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, den 4. März 2009, 21:21:24 Uhr > Betreff: [HESSE] Researching very old military records in Hesse, and other > things > > Ok, I'm going to try this again. It's been years and my ancestors are > collecting dust. > > I have two problems (well, actually I have a lot more than 2), I'm working > on. > > Problem one is how/where to write/research for my ancestor Cpl Frobesen > stationed in Hanau in 1774. I have a scan of his son's baptism, listing > Capit. Genevs Compagnie as the outfit he is with. I'm assuming, Capit. > Genev was his commanding officer. > > Problem two is his grandfather, Johan George Engelbach, who I think was > baptized in Dec 1731 in Assenheim, but the page bleeds to black in the > bottom corner and his entry is the last on the page. I have scans of both > of them posted on my personal page. Johan George's scan is quite large > (8MB). I've never successfully transcribed this record, but what I have > discerned, makes me believe I have the right record. I was hoping that > someone would care to make an attempt to try to at least transcribe that > record. That record of course leads to the third problem. There are no > Engelbach records, that I in my limited ability can find, before this date > in Assenheim, and I don't know where to look next to try to find out where > they came from. Other than the local city hall. > > Thanks for reading, > Brian > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message