I just noted that I may have overstated the "tens of thousands" of Poles who perished in that one battle. A bit of hyperbole as a proud member of Polonia! Seriously, I have studied these wars in my university years as a history major in the late 60s and early 70s. But new sources come to light all the time!! These battles were and are compared to the battles of the Civil War Certainly there were hundreds, most likely some thousands of Poles who were casualties in the German wars of the 1860s (killed, wounded, missing). And all are relatives of our ancestors. I just want to put some of this into perspective. Is the 1870-71 casualty list below, those killed in action, wounded or whatever. I have no experience on such information and sincerely ask the exact source. Lindy Kasperski Regina, SK Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lindy Kasperski Sent: March-07-11 1:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POLAND] POLAND] Myrithin Clarification/Prussian wars The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was the last of 3 wars, directed by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck under the Hohenzollern Prussian monarchy, that culminated in the declaration of the German Empire in 1871. Following the Congress of Vienna (1815) that ended the Napoleonic Wars, Prussia had become the dominant German state but had been competing against the Habsburgs of Austria for German hegemony a few hundred years. Having won all the wars in the 1860s, Prussia then declared the German Empire in 1871 (ironically, the declaration was made in the Versailles Palace outside Paris because of the victory). Ironically this would be the same venue of the treaties that ended WW1. Not to take this too far off subject, but this has prompted me to check if similar casualty lists are available for the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War This is not a very good article as is seems to ignore that Hungary, Galicia and Bukowina were part of the Austrian Empire at that time. There would have been tens of thousands on both sides who were conscripted Poles that perished in the battle of Koniggratz (Sadowa), Czech Republic today, in 1866 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_K%C3%B6niggr%C3%A4tz Lindy Kasperski Regina, SK Canada -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: March-07-11 1:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POLAND] POLAND] Myrithin Clarification! List: By typed he means: TYPESET as in an old book! A digitized copy of a compilation of German casualty lists from 1870-71 in printed German script. Dozens and dozens of Polish names here. Polish [email protected] --- On Mon, 3/7/11, Dee's Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if Myrithin is a modern typo > as it is a name for an arthritis drug. ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message