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

Have you tried he LDS microfilm for the parish where he lived? If not, try that. On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:54 AM, jim gambrel <jgambrel@shaw.ca> wrote: > 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 >