Joan write: <<You might want to check out John Helmut Merz's Website: http://www.cgo.wave.ca/~hessian>> Good idea and you might also want to subscribe to John's excellent List Serve concerning "Hessien" Troops who stayed in North America: [email protected] This is an interesting list even if one does not have Hessian ancestors. Joe Dessel Endicott, NY [email protected]