To Joseph and Muriel ; Take a look at the site http://members.cox.net/hessen/archives.htm There are all kinds of military links in that above site , where You may be able to find something. Karl Roussin =========================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim gambrel" <jgambrel@shaw.ca> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [PBS] German Mercenary Soldiers in 1869 >I am also searching for a soldier, who fought in the Franco-Prussian war in > 1870. He was wounded in the leg (he may have lost his leg) because he was > A shoemaker before the war, and ended up being a prison guard. His name > was > Carl Plohmann, from Konitz. He was my great-grandfather. I will check the > LDS films now, but several years ago there were no records of soldiers > from > The Franco-Prussian war. My grandfather told the story of how he went to > the prison with his father, and there was a prisoner there in chains, who > pleaded with the guard to undo the chains so he could scratch himself. > My g-grandfather did this, and let the prisoner scratch himself, and then > chained him again. This would have been c 1880. > > Muriel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ellis > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:31 AM > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PBS] German Mercenary Soldiers in 1869 > > Have you checked the LDS microfilm? For some areas they do have German > and > Austrian military records. I don't know about mercenaries. Records for > regular military were normally filed in the parish or civil registrar > office > for the area where they lived. This is the URL for the LDS catalog: > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Joseph C Dorsey > <jcd622@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Yes, all came to the U.S. in the early 1870's. I have posted on them >> before. Since that time I found the marriage in the Poznan Project and >> obtained a copy of the parish register and found out it said he was a >> mercenary soldier and that got me to wondering about a list somewhere in >> Germany. That would possibly say where he is from. >> >> >> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Did any of hese people come to the US? Please let us know where you >> obtained your information. >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Joseph C Dorsey <jcd622@sbcglobal.net >> >wrote: >> >> Is there any place to check for names of German mercenary soldiers from >> Germany? I thought if I could find my g. grandfather's name listed I > might >> be able to find out where he was from in Germany. >> >> My g. grandfather, Augustinus Johann Reif, was born in Germany 03 Feb >> 1841. He had sons Frank, b..in Aug, 1863, and Alexander b. in Dec 1867 > in >> Germany. His first wife must have died. >> >> > His is listed in a second marriage as a mercenary soldier, age 28, when >> he >> > married Maryanna Kapczynski, age 18, in the Catholic parish in > Miescisko, >> > Poland, on 13 Nov1869. The record said he was living in the village of >> Raziska >> > or Rariska, which must be a misspelling in the Latin record. >> >> Is there any chance that Germany listed their mercenary soldiers >> anywhere >> in 1869? >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you earl for the information. Joseph --- On Tue, 10/13/09, Karl Roussin <kroussin@fidnet.com> wrote: From: Karl Roussin <kroussin@fidnet.com> Subject: Re: [PBS] German Mercenary Soldiers in 1869 To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 4:18 PM     To Joseph and Muriel ;     Take a look at the site http://members.cox.net/hessen/archives.htm     There are all kinds of military links in that above site , where You may be able to find something.     Karl Roussin =========================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim gambrel" <jgambrel@shaw.ca> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [PBS] German Mercenary Soldiers in 1869 >I am also searching for a soldier, who fought in the Franco-Prussian war in > 1870.  He was wounded in the leg (he may have lost his leg) because he was > A shoemaker before the war, and ended up being a prison guard.  His name > was > Carl Plohmann, from Konitz.  He was my great-grandfather. I will check the > LDS films now, but several years ago there were no records of soldiers > from > The Franco-Prussian war.  My grandfather told the story of how he went to > the prison with his father, and there was a prisoner there in chains, who > pleaded with the guard to undo the chains so he could scratch himself. > My g-grandfather did this, and let the prisoner scratch himself, and then > chained him again. This would have been c 1880. > > Muriel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:polandbordersurnames-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tina Ellis > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:31 AM > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PBS] German Mercenary Soldiers in 1869 > > Have you checked the LDS microfilm?  For some areas they do have German > and > Austrian military records.  I don't know about mercenaries.  Records for > regular military were normally filed in the parish or civil registrar > office > for the area where they lived.  This is the URL for the LDS catalog: > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Joseph C Dorsey > <jcd622@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Yes, all came to the U.S. in the early 1870's. I have posted on them >> before.  Since that time I found the marriage in the Poznan Project and >> obtained a copy of the parish register and found out it said he was a >> mercenary soldier and that got me to wondering about a list somewhere in >> Germany.  That would possibly say where he is from. >> >> >> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Did any of hese people come to the US?  Please let us know where you >> obtained your information. >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Joseph C Dorsey <jcd622@sbcglobal.net >> >wrote: >> >> Is there any place to check  for names of German mercenary soldiers from >> Germany?  I thought if I could find my g. grandfather's name listed I > might >> be able to find out where he was from in Germany. >> >>  My g. grandfather, Augustinus Johann Reif, was born in Germany 03 Feb >>  1841.  He had sons Frank, b..in Aug, 1863, and Alexander b. in Dec 1867 > in >>   Germany.  His first wife must have died. >> >> > His is listed in a second marriage as a mercenary soldier, age 28, when >> he >> > married Maryanna Kapczynski, age 18, in the Catholic parish in > Miescisko, >> >  Poland, on 13 Nov1869. The record said he was living in the village of >> Raziska >> > or Rariska, which must be a misspelling in the Latin record. >> >>  Is there any chance that Germany listed their mercenary soldiers >> anywhere >> in 1869? >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message