Paul, I checked the article by Johni Cerny et. al., "Research in Military Records," in Loretto D. Szucs and Sandra H. Luebking, THE SOURCE: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, Revised Edition, (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1997) p. 289, for suggestions on finding records of Loyalist and German-auxiliary soldiers who fought with British forces in the American Revolution. The authors imply, without directly stating, that records of Loyalist and German-auxiliary Revolutionary War soldiers are not in the National Archives. However the authors do offer a list of other sources which may have useful info. If you don't already own one, I'd recommend you find a copy of THE SOURCE, which is in many libraries and available through Interlibrary Loan. Here's what the book has to offer on the subject (p. 290, col. 2): "The British forces were also augmented by a large contingent of German auxiliaries imported to America to help suppress the rebellion... Perhaps as many as 7,000 of the nearly 32,000 German auxiliary troops remained in North America. "There are many printed works of genealogical value pertaining to Loyalists and German auxiliary troops in the American Revolution. Consult the relevant bibliographies at the end of this chapter." On page 327 is a bibliographic section titled, "German Auxilliary Troops in the Revolutionary War". It lists 17 works. Perhaps one or more of them will prove helpful. Good luck! Daniel Barron, Oakland CA ----Original Message Follows---- From: NYHERKIM-D-request@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NYHERKIM-L@rootsweb.com To: NYHERKIM-D@rootsweb.com Subject: NYHERKIM-D Digest V02 #81 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:22:07 -0600 Henry -- National Archives may help - athougth their service per months taken to reply is low still an awful drag. randy ----- Original Message ----- From: Sunysa@aol.com Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:52 PM To: NYHERKIM-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYHERKIM] Henry Hose I am seeking information on my ancestor, Henry Hose, who supposedly served in the American Revolution, and was buried in Snell's Bush Cemetery near Manheim, NY. This is what I've found on him: Henry Burkdorff and Henry Hose came to America as British soldiers with General Burgoyne. Neither of them returned to their mother country. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfulton/Military/heroes.html Hose ( spelled Hase), Henry died June 27, 1832 age 75-6 Hessian Revolutionary soldier ( this stone was recorded in 1932 & 1963 and was still to be seen in the 1970s but no longer found in 1982) Source: http://www.szt-genealogy.org/cemetery.htm Would anyone know anything more about him? His Revolutionary War service? Any help is much appreciated. Sincerely, Paul Horvat, Albuquerque, NM _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com