Wimado@aol.com asked: Have a very general question which I am certain can't be answered precisely but here goes: Is anyone aware of a specific political event just prior to 1819 which would have caused a family possibly living in the Pfalz region to move to Switzerland? Have found several of my linked lines to have done this. Family stories mention active opposition to Napoleon's regime but don't believe or think that was still active fear just prior to 1819. If anyone has suggestions, I'd certainly appreciate hearing from them. Thanks in advance. Bon Its always dangerous to generalize about the entire PFALZ but there were still armies from the allies active again Napoleon in the field and there had been a succession of bad winters and poor harvests. As an example, Mulhouse in neighboring Alsace experienced starvation in 1816-1817. Rob Hausman ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Robert E. Hausman hausman@bu.edu www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/u/Robert-E-Hausman/index.html HAUSMANN, ROUSSELET, HEERE, LAUBER, LATUS