Hi Jane, thanks for your answer. In my town and also surrounding towns there are many Buchers. Some of them also emigrated to America. There is a fellow researcher in my town for Bucher families. I thought there might have been a connection.This guy supposes also that his Bucher family might have come from Switzerland, amybe in the 30 years war, but we have no documents to proof it. Church documents of those times were burnt and are beginning only in 1696 in our town. Also I did not see in your posting that you have found your ancestral line. Regards Rose