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