I'm looking for an ancestor of possibly Swiss origin who moved to Allegheny county after the Revolutionary War. I understand that LDS has microfilmed many old Swiss church and civil records dating back to the 16 century. Are all of their holdings accessible from the online FamilySearch sites or are there some things that must still be researched for a fee? If the latter, then how do I initiate a research project with them? Thanks... Jim

Hi Jim- You will have better luck with protestant than Catholic Swiss records same as Germany in the LDS files. If Catholic I would make an inquiry with Pittsburgh RC Diocese. They may have an origin in their records. That worked for me. That would help your inquiry in Switzerland. As for Swiss researchers, I would start looking for a Swiss rootsweb mail list. Don't worry about language. They all know English embarrassingly well. I am quite certain someone would help you if not- the German list* GEN-DE@rootsweb.com* I use may work also. On the other hand my neighbor, born & raised near Davos Switz. did his entire tree in Salt Lake not back home. He told me it was a better collection here. John Steitz On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, C. James Strutz <strutzj@strutz.com> wrote: > I'm looking for an ancestor of possibly Swiss origin who moved to Allegheny > county after the Revolutionary War. I understand that LDS has microfilmed > many old Swiss church and civil records dating back to the 16 century. Are > all of their holdings accessible from the online FamilySearch sites or are > there some things that must still be researched for a fee? If the latter, > then how do I initiate a research project with them? > > Thanks... > Jim > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >