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Subject: Re: Regiment Ziegler
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:43:51 GMT
References: <358B508F.F26C58D4@casema.net> <358BA2F1.53E9@wxs.nl> <6mpifu$n7e@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>


Write this story to the general archives in the Hague they have an enourmous
military archive also from the period you are asking for but be specific as
possible mention places, dates, provinces etc. This will help you very much

the adress:

algemeen rijksarchief
studiedienst
Pr. W. Alexanderhof 20
2595 BE Den Haag

In article <6mpifu$>,
(John De Beer) wrote:
>
> Sorry, but I don't read Dutch so do not completely understand this
> post, however it concerns military matters around the time of
> Napolean. Based on very recent information from the Frisain archives
> we learned that a maternal g-g-g-grandfather joined? the army of
> Napolean in 1813 and was never heard from again. One thought is that
> he was lost in Russia.
>
> Apparently there must have been some question in 1835 as to whether or
> not he was alive, however, my g-g-g-grandmohther reportedly died a
> widow in about 1851.
>
> This g-g-g-grandfather was about 27 at the time he entered the army.
> My question is, would he have been drafted, conscripted, or would this
> have been a voluntary enlistment. As you see I know very little Dutch
> history (most or all of which I have learned here or other genealogy
> sites).
>
> Any thoughts or ideas are sought.
>
> Thanks
>
> john de beer
>
>
> On Sat, 20 Jun 1998 13:54:25 +0200, Herman de Wit <>
> wrote:
>
> ><knip>
> >> Hij diende in het regiment Ziegler.
> >> Kan iemand mij vertellen waar ik de gegevens van dit regiment op kan
> >> zoeken. Verder gegevens hierover heb ik niet.
> >
> >Zover ik weet hebben we na 1811 geen buitenlandse regimenten meer
> >ingehuurd (dat was in de tijd van het Staatse Leger voor 1800 zeg maar,
> >wel het geval). Ik denk dus dat je in de Zwitserse archieven moet zijn.
> >Je zou anders eerst nog even kunnen bellen naar het Algemeen
> >Rijksarchief om te vregen of er iets van Zwitserse regimenten in hun
> >archief aanwezig is van rond die tijd.
> >Succes!
> >
> >Vr.gr.
> >Herman de Wit
>
>

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