Melva, Oberst (Colonel) Herman Friderich von Boynenbourg commanded the 2nd Gevorbne (Volunteer) Infantry Regiment in 1690 (see ( https://media.digitalarkivet.no/ru10071210040019 ). If your ancestor is an officer, you can look up the officers serving under Oberst Boynenbourg from 1688 - 1692 at that link. From there you might look in Olai Ovenstad: Militærbiografier Den norske hærs officerer 1628-1814 . If your man was enlisted… Until the end of the Dano-Norwegian period (ending after the Napoleonic Wars so ~1800) the regular Dano-Norwegian army in Norway was based on the "legd" system in which municipalities provided companies for the army. One to four farms (depending on farm size & time period) were grouped together & required to provide a soldier for the army. These soldiers would serve on behalf of those farms in the army. Military service brought with it benefits & obligations: · Legd soldiers served in companies named for the municipality in which the farm was located. · Soldiers drilled near the church on Sundays after the weekly service. · During times of peace the soldiers lived on the "legd," (one of the sponsoring farms) which, as required by law, provided the soldier with a place to live and work. · Expenses related to equipment & uniform were covered by the state. · In the event of war, the legd soldiers were called up to active duty. Although Norway anticipated a Swedish invasion, 1690 was a peace period, so the legd soldiers can be found at farms spread throughout their various home municipalities. For example the soldiers in the Waage Company of the Oplandske Nasj. Inf. Regt. can all be found on farms in Waage (Vågå), Opland. So, continuing the example, you can find your legd soldier from Opland listed at https://media.digitalarkivet.no/db/contents/51354 . This approach works well for most any legd soldier. A core part of the Norwegian Army in the 1690s consisted of these conscripted legd soldiers, but the ancestor you seek, if he was in “Boynenbourg's regiment," served in a gevorbne regiment! So one needs to say a few words about gevorbne… “Gevorbne" soldiers enlisted voluntarily and committed to serve for a set number of years. The conscripted legd farmer-army was supplemented by “gevorbne" regiments which included Infantry, Dragoon, and Cavalry regiments. They manned garrisons and staffed fortresses in key areas along the Swedish & coastal borders. Unfortunately the gevorbne units don’t have a convenient tie to municipalities/farms that a legd unit does. You can look for them along the Swedish border (e.g., Kongsvinger & Fredrikstad) or at fortified locations away from the border (e.g., Akershus & Bergenhus). Sorry, you’ll need further research is required to figure out where Oberst Boynenbourg’s Volunteer Infantry Regiment was stationed in 1690. Best of luck! Jim -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: NORWAY [mailto:[email protected] <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[email protected]>] På vegne av Melva Maguire Sendt: søndag 16. april 2017 22.21 Til: [email protected] <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[email protected]> Emne: [NOR] Boynenbourg's regiment in 1690 Dear Listers, I wonder if anyone knows where I could find out where Boynenbourg's regiment was stationed in Norway in 1690. I have found military records which show my ancestor was in this Regiment in 1690. I am hoping that once I know where he was living, I might be able to find his children's birth records. Any help would be much appreciated. Melva