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If you write to archives for information from military records, you must indicate the regiment or company to which your ancestor belonged. Also include the garrison town or commanding officer's name and your ancestor's rank if you know that information. | If you write to archives for information from military records, you must indicate the regiment or company to which your ancestor belonged. Also include the garrison town or commanding officer's name and your ancestor's rank if you know that information. | ||
===Locating the Garrison Town=== | ===Locating the Garrison Town=== | ||
The online Ortsfamilienbuch [https://ofb.genealogy.net/brandenburg_armee_chefs/''Armee-Chefs Brandenburg 1626-1807''] includes a map showing garrison towns of the Bandenburg-Prussian army. | |||
Some books help identify where regiments from Preußen were stationed. Although the records they describe were burned in World War II, the garrison towns listed are locations to look for in other records: | Some books help identify where regiments from Preußen were stationed. Although the records they describe were burned in World War II, the garrison towns listed are locations to look for in other records: | ||