This story is not a Saratoga story (it would be nice if one of you have a connection though) but I wanted to share it with you so that you will see what can happen when you search the Rootsweb Archives lists and other sources and communicate with people. This lady is a grandmother whose parents and their siblings never knew the history and they all died young. Read on and see what she has discovered........... >From Ruth Ann - --------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the AmRev-Hessian list: ----- Original Message ----- From: Beverly Schmitz <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 1:51 PM Dear John Received your Hessian Guide today along with your notations on Karl Aulich (Charles Carl Aulick). This guide will be put to good use. I had been in contact a few times per email with Carol Aulick in the past few weeks. She was "found" by searching in the Rootsweb Archives. She recommended the AMREV-HESSIAN mailing list to me. She and I are descended from Charles Aulick's son Charles Andrew. Carol is descended from Charles Andrew's son Frederick Ferdinand Aulick and I am descended from Charles Andrew's son Charles Ertmann Aulick. I live about 40 minutes from Henry Aulick (in Kentucky) and my sister has lived in the Falmouth area for over 40 yrs. Our grandparents were from the Pendelton County area and moved to the northern Kentucky area where my middle sister and I still reside. I have been a few times to the Aulick cemetery (my great great grandfather is buried there) and have met with Henry. Henry is descended from Charles Andrew's son Napoleon Bonaparte Aulick . Henry, Carol, and I are each descended from a son of Charles Andrew. Henry gave me a copy of the typewritten transcript of the "Aulick History", "Aulick Genealogy", and Charles' will. I gave him an "album" of scanned pictures from my father's family along with printed information from the Hessian webpages , Selesia, Dolnoslanski, and Eastern Prussia. Below is an excerpt of some family information from another Aulick: "Family legend says that the first Aulick in America was a Hessian soldier from Bavaria who fought in the Revolutionary War. He remained here after the war was over. (Two) sons were Charles Andrew Aulick and John Henry Aulick. Charles Andrew Aulick brought his wife and family by wagon to Pendelton County (Kentucky) between 1809 and 1810. They were the first Aulick settlers in Pendelton County. They were large land owners in the Four Oaks area. They had 9 slaves and possibly farmed 320 acres. John Henry Aulick was also born in Winchester, Va. (1781-1873). He was a commodore in the U.S. Navy and served under Commodore Perry. A ship was named after him "SS Aulick" and the ship name is still in use. He also fought in the war against the Barberry pirates." The only information my sisters and I knew about the Aulick history was our grandmother told us the first Aulick was a Hessian. Our father died at the age of 41 yrs. in 1953. All my father's siblings died young, 39 yrs and 46 yrs. His father died at age 49yrs. There was no one to tell us anymore of our Aulick background. Now we are all grandmothers and are able to actually discover where and how to find such information. I am excited and astounded at the information I am accumulating in the past few months. The AMREV- HESSIAN list is excellant. Members of the list have provided me with starting points and information that I never thought I would know in my lifetime. The search and discovery of "bits and pieces" of knowledge in these men's life is rewarding. However, the more I learn the more I realize how little I know. Along with your guide, I have received information from the Winchester Archives on the Charles Aulick house and have sent for booklets on Winchester and the Revolution etc. and a few other booklets available through the Winchester archives. Now I am off and running. Any information discovered will be given back to the mailing list. Thanks again and "Cheers"! Beverly ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.