Bonsoir Ewald, Many thanks for your note. I don't have a lot of information, just the letter from my grandmother's cousin in Canada who did write that he was a Swiss Guard in Rome to Gregory and Pius, sometime around 1840. She wrote to my mother explaining some of our family history in France and then says that my mother's gr.grandfather was in the Swiss Guard. My gr. grandfather was Eugene Schumacher b. 1877 Bergheim, his parents were Joseph Schumacher b. 1827 (Rodern) and Francoise Lisse (Ostheim). His parents were Joseph Schumacher b. (Rodern1803) son of J. Georges Schumacher and Jeanne Heyberger de St. Hip. I'll keep looking, this is one piece of the puzzle I do not have. Merci beaucoup de votre aide. Bonne soiree, Susan ----- Original Message ---- From: EWALD <ewald.klein@gmail.com> To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:17:38 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Swiss Guard Hello Susan, Do you are sure that Joseph SCHUMACHER was a Swiss Guard in Rome (Italia) and not in France? Regiments of Swiss Guards existed in France between 1573 and 1830, with a stop between 1792 and 1814: "Gardes Suisses", "Cent Suisses" and "Garde Royale Suisse". Source: Dictionnaire Encyclopédique d'Histoire by Michel Mourre, Bordas 1996 Wish you a nice week end. Ewald +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce & Susan Knutson" <b.knutson@sbcglobal.net> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Swiss Guard > Hello, > > I am looking for records about the Swiss Guard. According to my > grandmother's cousin, my gg grandfather was a Swiss Guard in Rome to two > popes, Gregory and Pius, sometime in 1840. Her letter is rather confusing, > but I think that she is referring to Joseph SCHUMACHER b. 1827, married to > Francoise LISS/Frances LEESE, or maybe to his father Joseph SCHUMACHER b. > 1803, married to Salome KUNTZMANN. They were both from the Rodern or > Bergheim area in Alsace. > > I have found many documents concerning this family, but haven't had any > luck with the Swiss Guard question. > > Many thanks. > > Merci mille fois. > > Susan > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message