Geneva, 9 January 2000. Hello Everyone! There are no official rules country wide in Switzerland. One can go to a local non- Geneva city cemetery and the regulations are extremely different from another commune in the same Canton. I can tell you that we have found tombstones that are 50 years old or more in Switzerland, and elsewhere than the French speaking area of Switzerland. So please remember that if the commune decides what rules apply, Heimberg in Canton Bern will have to be consulted for their local ordinances. Sincerely yours, Anne-Catherine Weber CEG / CGR / EIG Cabinet d'Etudes Genealogiques Center for Genealogical Research Estudio de Investigaciones Genealogicas Geneve - Geneva - Ginebra Suisse / Switzerland / Suiza E-mail: cgr@genealogyrsch.com genrsch@gve.ch genrsch@canada.com genrsch@correoweb.com

And now I know why, when I went to Freienstein, where my Schurters have lived for centuries, the oldest Schurter gravestone was from the 1960s. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

Thanks! That is pretty interesting and can be helpful for people who are looking for tombstones. I guess they have to start in the proverbial "back yard." Waldo ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul B. Van Buren <pbvb@ix.netcom.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 1:40 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Re: SWITZERLAND-D Digest V00 #10 My cemetery experience in Ruttenen and Seewen in Canton Solothurn was similar. People are buried in chronological order of death (rather than in family plots), and when the "end" of the cemetery is reached, they just start over reusing the old graves. I was told that this takes around 25-35 years, and when they are ready to reuse a grave they call the descendants and ask them if they would like to have "grandma's" tombstone. Many people apparently then put the old tombstones of their ancestors in their backyard gardens. Paul Bartlett Van Buren Los Altos, CA SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SWITZERLAND-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's To [Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net>] > #2 Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham' ["waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.ne] > #3 [SWITZ] Trip to Switzerland [CTaylorAus@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SWITZERLAND-D, send a message to > > SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:15:51 -0500 > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:09:44 -0500 > From: "waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi: > > I found this quite interesting. I did not know of this practice. Can you > explain this a little more? In the US we have a fit if we find unmarked > graves, we need to know who they are so we can remark them. > > Thanks, > > Waldo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 10:15 AM > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years > old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally > turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones > from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in > Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her > web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her > headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching > family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of > Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message > lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! 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I am > asking for help from those of you who have made such trips. > What documents and records should I take with me? > What did you do in preparation for such a trip? > Looking back what do you wish you had done before you left? > My grandfather was born in Kerns but his father was from Lungren, where > would I find the best information for that area? > Thank you in advance for your assistance. > > Kimberly Zumstein Brown > searching for: Zumstein, Von Rotz, Durrer, Yungen/Jungen, Wenger, Ritter, and > Germann ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

My cemetery experience in Ruttenen and Seewen in Canton Solothurn was similar. People are buried in chronological order of death (rather than in family plots), and when the "end" of the cemetery is reached, they just start over reusing the old graves. I was told that this takes around 25-35 years, and when they are ready to reuse a grave they call the descendants and ask them if they would like to have "grandma's" tombstone. Many people apparently then put the old tombstones of their ancestors in their backyard gardens. Paul Bartlett Van Buren Los Altos, CA SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SWITZERLAND-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 10 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's To [Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net>] > #2 Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham' ["waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.ne] > #3 [SWITZ] Trip to Switzerland [CTaylorAus@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SWITZERLAND-D, send a message to > > SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 10:15:51 -0500 > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:09:44 -0500 > From: "waldoette" <waldoette@innernet.net> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi: > > I found this quite interesting. I did not know of this practice. Can you > explain this a little more? In the US we have a fit if we find unmarked > graves, we need to know who they are so we can remark them. > > Thanks, > > Waldo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> > To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 10:15 AM > Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone > > Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years > old in > Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally > turned over > every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones > from my > grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. > > Bob Strock > > > > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > > From: LolaGF@aol.com > > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello List, > > > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in > Heimberg, > > Switzerland. > > > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her > web > > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her > headstone. > > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > > > Thank you > > Jean Hehn > > Colorado, USA > > > > -- > Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching > family > history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of > Ohio. > Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message > lists. > GenConnect Family Association boards: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] Trip to Switzerland > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:56:26 EST > From: CTaylorAus@aol.com > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Happy New Year to everyone! > I have just received news that I may be traveling in Europe this summer. > I am considering taking extra time to do some genealogy research. I am > asking for help from those of you who have made such trips. > What documents and records should I take with me? > What did you do in preparation for such a trip? > Looking back what do you wish you had done before you left? > My grandfather was born in Kerns but his father was from Lungren, where > would I find the best information for that area? > Thank you in advance for your assistance. > > Kimberly Zumstein Brown > searching for: Zumstein, Von Rotz, Durrer, Yungen/Jungen, Wenger, Ritter, and > Germann

I am searching for descendents of "Messerschmidt" (knifemaker) Schneider and Caroline Gimpel, who emigrated from Emmendingen, Baden, Germany about 1849 to Geneva Switzerland. Emigrating with them were their children, Karl, William, August, Caroline Oliver (1834-1901), Louise (1837-1899), and Frederika (1842-1893). Frederika married a Mr. Campioto, or Campicta, and they had a daughter, Marguerite, who married a Mr. Brachard. The Brachard's had sons Charles, Pierre, and Parc. Karl had a son, Charles Frederick (1855-1917). Charles Frederick also had a son, Charles Louis born in 1882 who, in turn, had a son Frederick Christion, born in 1907, who married Claire and had daughters Sylvia (1958) and Catherine (1961) I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might have links to these ancestors of mine. I am "Messerschmidt" Schneider's great great granddaughter. Christina Schneider Howard Dayton, Ohio USA

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Hi: I found this quite interesting. I did not know of this practice. Can you explain this a little more? In the US we have a fit if we find unmarked graves, we need to know who they are so we can remark them. Thanks, Waldo ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Strock <bostrock@bright.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 10:15 AM Subject: [SWITZ] Re:Nettie Poe Ketcham's Tombstone Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years old in Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally turned over every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones from my grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. Bob Strock > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > From: LolaGF@aol.com > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello List, > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, > Switzerland. > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > Thank you > Jean Hehn > Colorado, USA > -- Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. GenConnect Family Association boards: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

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Happy New Year to everyone! I have just received news that I may be traveling in Europe this summer. I am considering taking extra time to do some genealogy research. I am asking for help from those of you who have made such trips. What documents and records should I take with me? What did you do in preparation for such a trip? Looking back what do you wish you had done before you left? My grandfather was born in Kerns but his father was from Lungren, where would I find the best information for that area? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Kimberly Zumstein Brown searching for: Zumstein, Von Rotz, Durrer, Yungen/Jungen, Wenger, Ritter, and Germann

Jean, I think you will be very lucky to find a tombstone that is 50 years old in Switzerland. Unless the person was well known. Most graves are normally turned over every 25-30 years and reused. We have some wonderful pictures of tombstones from my grandfathers home village but the dates are not that old. Bob Strock > > Subject: [SWITZ] Nettie Poe Ketcham > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:16:52 EST > From: LolaGF@aol.com > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello List, > > I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, > Switzerland. > > Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is > buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of > the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web > page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm > > If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind > person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. > I would be most happy to pay costs. > > Thank you > Jean Hehn > Colorado, USA > -- Bob & Esther Strock, Dalton, OH. On the edge of Amish Country. Researching family history in Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wood, Wayne and other Counties of Ohio. Sponsor member of Rootsweb and listowner of Strock-L and Uhl-L message lists. GenConnect Family Association boards: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Strock http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Uhl

Have just received an email that located a Brum in Wettswil am Albis, Switzerland. I can't locate that in my atlas. Does anyone know where that might be? Bill >

Hi Margaret, Information that may commonly be found in a death record includes: 1. Name of deceased 2. occupation of deceased 3. whether single, married, or widowed 4. if female, maiden name, and name of her husband; in earlier records (1700s) a female may buried as "Susanna Megert, wife of Christian Segessemann" and listed in the index under Megert; in later records (1800s) it may appear as "Susanna Segessemann, born Megert, Christian's wife/widow" and listed in the index under Segessemann 5. Name of father (and if deceased) 6. occupation of father 7. residence of father 8. date of death 9. date of burial 10. time of death (hour) 11. disease/cause of death 12. age at death 13. location of death 14. residence at death 15. date of birth/baptism Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html

Which emigration port might a Swiss use in 1860 if living in Rekingen, AG, Switzerland and coming to US? I am trying to track gggrandparents from Rekingen and Oberehrendingen to US. Thanks for any help. Donna

Hello List, I would like to ask the help of this list of someone who lives in Heimberg, Switzerland. Elizabeth POE KETCHAM died January 27, 1950 at Berne, Switzerland and is buried with the farmers of Heimberg, Switzerland. I don't know the name of the cemetery. I am looking for a picture of her headstone to add to her web page, at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/4274/page39.htm If someone would know where this is located, I was wondering if some kind person could find this cemetery and possibly take a picture of her headstone. I would be most happy to pay costs. Thank you Jean Hehn Colorado, USA

Hi Everyone, I would like to ask if someone knows of the various type of information included on a death record. I have an 1871 record in German from Treiten, Bern, Switzerland. Today at the LDS I found the death record dated 1871 of my gg grandfather Peter WEBER. After his name I can tell it records the name of his father, Jakob. However after that I can only guess what the next 9 words are saying. I can tell that it ends in the name of is origin Treiten. Then the record lists his date of birth and date of death, and then maybe date of burial. Have any of you knowledge of other information included on a death record? Thank you very much for your time in answering this question. Margaret in Maryland.

Looking for any info regarding the following persons FREDERICK GOSS born about 1720 Basile,Switzerland and immigrating to US with parents as a young boy. There were thought to be other siblings. FREDERICK GOSS born about 1701, I have either just Switzerland or Rithenfluh Switzerland as a birthplace.He married an unknown person about 1719. He died sometime after 1766 in Salisbury District,Rowan county NC. JACOB GOSS born about 1671 also in Switzerland.I have also seen the name listed as HANS JACOB GOSS. This is thought to be the father of Frederick Goss born in 1701 Any help would be most appreciated and I would be willing to exchange info. Debra Carter tara37@comsys.net

You might want to check with the LDS family history library catalogue section on their site and then search using this town and then country of Switzerland. I did this for Dorlikon where those with the surname of EPPRECHT came from in 1743. I found out that this village was renamed around 1850-1870 I don't remember exact dates) to Thalheim an der Thur. This site has helped me very much and now I have this new name and printed up a map of Switzerland using Encarta 1999 and now have a map with this villages name on it. Good luck with your research, Gwendalynn Gohlke Dunn Gonow1234@aol.com wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have not been able to find the town of Rebingen, Switzerland. My > g-greatgrandmother, Katherina Ruf, brought her confirmation certificate, > dated March 3rd, 1844, with her when she immigrated to US. It states that > she is from Rebingen. Does anyone know where this town is? Could it be town > that has changed the name? She married Rudolph > Bechley(Baechle,Bachle,Beckley) and they had a child born in Phil, Pa in > 1862. I do not know if they married here or before they came to States. His > town of origin in Switzerland is unknown, Ohio census looks like > Oberengstringen, but have not been able to confirm this either. Can anyone > help me with these questions, or tell me where to go for information. I have > checked most of the Swiss sites on www. Thanks for any help. Donna > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Is there an online address for Fribourg? for parish, civil records? Shalori dschmutz@es.com wrote: > Dear Gene: > > The parish, civil, and notarial records for Vermes and Montsevelier have > been microfilmed and can obtained through your local LDS FHC. > > Vermes: > http://www.familysearch.org/fhlc/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetai > ls&subject=161051 > Montsevelier: > http://www.familysearch.org/fhlc/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetai > ls&subject=161019 > You will notice that Vermes are listed for both cantons JU and BE. Canton > JU was part of the canton of BE (Bern) until 1978. > > Vermes and Montsevelier are located in the canton of JU (Jura). Click on > the link below and then on JU and then search the list for your villages. > http://swiss.genealogy.net/ldsloc-m.htm > > Mr. Froidevaux is telling you that the original records are in the offices > of "HISTORICAL INHERITANCE" (Office du patrimoine historique) in the city of > Porrentruy in the canton of JU. > > best wishes, > Dave Schmutz > > -----Original Message----- > From: SKARBO@aol.com [mailto:SKARBO@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 11:03 AM > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SWITZ] No Subject > > Help! anyone on this!, > > Received a letter from Ph. Froidevaux, assistant archivist, in his letter > dated 11/26, 1999, he recommends that get the addresses of 2 church sites > in > Switzerland. #1. "the parish of VERMES (Elay), / #2. "the parish > of > Montsevelier (for La Scheulte), microfilms are located in the offices of: > "HISTORICAL INHERITANCE in PORRENTRUY." (Seehof). > > reply to: > Gene KOHLER > SKARBO@aol.com > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Resource Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chewgw -- No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.-Alice Walker

This sentence, "1784 bin ich zu einem Vorspräch wehählt worden," was attributed to my great-great-great-great grandfather, Franz Carli Betschart, who was a judge in Kanton Schwyz. As a result, his descendants were known as Vorsprächig. What does that sentence mean, and what's a Vorspräch? Also -- I know this is a long shot -- but does anyone know of a way I could find out which newspapers were operating in Zürich in 1884? Apparently one of my Vorsprächig cousins became a newspaper editor in Zürich in 1884, but the name of the newspaper was omitted... Joann Betschart (Lunzä Schützenhaus) | http://www.c-zone.net/merlaan "Amman Hans, as he was known, was a crude, immodest, dictatorial, sarcastic man who had no respect for either clergy or the laity. Nevertheless, he was a judge." -- Brief biography of Hans Betschart (ca. 1580-1650)

Hi everyone, I have not been able to find the town of Rebingen, Switzerland. My g-greatgrandmother, Katherina Ruf, brought her confirmation certificate, dated March 3rd, 1844, with her when she immigrated to US. It states that she is from Rebingen. Does anyone know where this town is? Could it be town that has changed the name? She married Rudolph Bechley(Baechle,Bachle,Beckley) and they had a child born in Phil, Pa in 1862. I do not know if they married here or before they came to States. His town of origin in Switzerland is unknown, Ohio census looks like Oberengstringen, but have not been able to confirm this either. Can anyone help me with these questions, or tell me where to go for information. I have checked most of the Swiss sites on www. Thanks for any help. Donna