Looked at the Sacramento Bee index 1857-1860 and there were no mentions of GARSONNAT, LOCCOI or YERSIN in the marriage, birth or death index. -----Original Message----- From: F. + C. Hongler <hongler@bluewin.ch> To: CAELDORA-L@rootsweb.com <CAELDORA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 7:41 AM Subject: [CAELDORA-L] YERSIN in Spanish Flat 1854-1856 >Dear all > >This is my first posting to the list. On 28 October 1856 Samuel YERSIN born >1830 in Switzerland, died in Spanish Flat. He was a tanner.Two miners, also >living in Spanish Flat : Emil Samuel Florent GARSONNAT and Julius LOCCOI >brought the news of his death to the Swiss Consulate in San Francisco (they >have no records). His brother, Henri YERSIN (he was a bookbinder) was also >in California at this time, maybe also in El Dorado County. Looking for info >on surnames YERSIN and/or LOCCOI / GARSONNAT in El Dorado County >on tanneries in El Dorado Co. 1850-1860 (Paolo Sioli only mentions that >there were five in 1855) >on bookbinderies in El Dorado Co. 1854-1870. >Thank you for your help ! >Christiane >hongler@bluewin.ch >