This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VJF.2ACEB/84.1.1 Message Board Post: My father felt the emmigration from Switzerland was often caused by Protestant Catholic feuds in Switzerland. They went over the boarder into Germany or France and then eventually to USA... Lucerne was a Cathloic stronghold and Zurich more Protestant according to my dad. The two cantons border each other. My family at that time was strongly Catholic. Were the German Bosserts more protestant?? There are many Bosserts in Pa that are from Germany. We can not conect on the family tree unless we get back to our roots probably in Switzerland.. I have listed all the names of Bosserts I have in the 1600's I will keep track of yours for future reference.