There is a CD available at genealogyinprint.com with Bruce Burgoyne's four works on the Hessians. I'd be interested if anyone on the list has looked at any of this and can recommend it to those on the list who may have Hessian ancestors. There is an active Hessian list serve on Roots. Lauren Brantner Karen McKellar wrote: > I believe most of them assimilated into the general population. I was > surprised at some of the names I ran into when reading through some of > the lists. Remember that many of them were "loaned" out to local > farmers to help them with the crops and the clearning of land. The > American Troops were very short on food for these prisoners and if > they were "loaned out" they didn't have to feed them. These for the > most part were young single men. They probably married into the local > families and moved on. > > Personally, I have been trying to learn if the person listed as a > deserter, Nikolaus Hertzberger became Nicholas Holsbury/Holtsberry and > settled at George's Creek in Allegany County. It appears my ancestor > had no brothers who came to this country. He was only there a few > years before moving on to Ohio as many others that had settled in that > area did. > > I was also surprised to see Schuette -- in the late 80's I worked for > a Congressman that spelled his name exactly that way and pronunced > "shoe-T." He carried a shoe with a letter "T" on it during his first > campaign to teach everyone how to pronunce his name. Now I am > wondering if he descends from this Hessian. The name Schellhaus also > appears a number of times and that is a name in the central part of > Michigan. > > Karen > > > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > The OFFICIAL website for this list is: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/washington/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >