Dear Diether Would you have time to look in the below-mentioned book, for information on the family of William Neussel? Wilhelm Neussel/Neusel. I have been looking for infornation about him for 20 years. (I wonder if he went by a different forename?) He came to America in about 1853-1855. I have much information on him after 1860. There is nothing in his military records to indicate a village or town in which he was born. Just, "Hesse". Thank you Alexandra / Auerbach, Inge: Auswanderung aus Kurhessen, Nach Osten oder Westen? (Emigration from Kurhessen, East or West?) I may have access to the last book sometime next week and will have a look for Heinrich Schmidt./