When you say, "and built protestant churches in the US when they arrived.", what denominations are you referring to? Trevor At Wednesday, 06/15/2011 on 7:13 am [email protected] wrote: Folks, Is there any way to know whether or not my protestant Swiss-German ancestors in the Bas-Rhin were Anabaptists? There is some belief in my family that my family (Hirtzels, to begin with) came from Switzerland before they settled in the Alsace. I am aware somewhat of the history of the persecution and migration of Anabaptists starting arond 1650 down the Rhine to the Alsace. My ancestors are in the protestant church books in the Alsace, and built protestant churches in the US when they arrived. best, Paul Carr -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm   [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 Links: ------ [1] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Evalorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm%C2%A0%C2%A0