Hi List, Trying to get information on the following: Countess Salome Von Grafenreid (-Diesbach) Born: 9 March 1784 in Fraubrunnen, Switzerland Buried in the Church of Grafenreid in Fraubrunnen May be a son named Johannes buried next to her. Husband: Count Johann Rudolf Von Grafenreid I am checking a possible link with my family. Would anyone have any info on the above, or can direct me in the right direction to obtain information. Any comments or help would be appreciated.

A message for Information on my ancestry from Biel Switzerland and they are as follows: Name Year Born Peter Zeit Sr. 1500 Peter Zeit Jr 1535 Wilhelm Zeit 1 1538 Wilhelm Zeit 2 1622 Christian Zeit 1643 Joseph Zeit 1696 NAME CHANGE Alois Zeiter 1720 Joseph-Anton-Andreas-Casimir Zeiter 1748/1749? Jonann-Baptist-Valentin Zeiter 1775 Visperterminen Canton Wallis Peter-Joseph-Baptist Zeiter 1806 David-John Zeiter 1883 Felix Zeiter 1856 August Zeiter 1848 Any Information would greatly appreciated can any one help? Thank you. benred@mymtnhome.com

I have a document which belonged to my ancestor which has been translated to English from German. Given on the day of first communion. It has some bible verses, and says her name and she is from Rebingen. signed by the Priest-J. Schmid. The form was printed in Arau, Switzerland. I can find no information on this location, can anyone help?? Have a happy holiday season. Donna

Two requests, please: Does anyone have copies or an index of the Journal of the Swiss Society for Mennonite History? Is it available in English? If so, would there be copies available anywhere in the Metro Washington, DC area? Can anyone advise me how to get in touch with the Societ� Swisse Mennonite? Many thanks for helping if you can. David Roland Reston, Virginia

Ed, This is probably not "codem" but "eodem," Latin for meaning that the baptism date was the same as the previous entry. Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html

Hello Listers, Have come across the word "codem" in a Basel birth record: actually in the margin. 1 person told me that this refers to an illegitimate birth. But I know these parents were married at the time of child's birth. Is there an alternative meaning? Ed

Hello Lori, I have a few Huber (or Hueber) related to my family: Joseph Hueber & Catherine Hofstetter, parents of Rosina Hueber (married to Jean Abram Pasteur in 1792) Samuel (married to Marie Pasteur in 1819) Louise Huber (married to Jacob Pasteur who died in 1811) Magdalena Hueber (1712-1762) (married to Matthis Pfarrer) Nanette Huber (married to Francois Pasteur in 1810) Samuel Hueber For more info, go to http://www.genealogie.to/cgi-local/geneweb.cgi?b=pasteur?m=N;v=uber Hope it helps. Olivier Pasteur E-mail: olivier@pasteur.net _________________________________________________ The Pasteur Galaxy / La Galaxie des Pasteur Web site: http://www.pasteur.net/en Mailing list: mailto:PASTEUR-L@rootsweb.com Surname list: http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi?op=user&user=pasteur WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pasteur Database: http://www.genealogie.to/cgi-local/geneweb.cgi?b=pasteur _________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: LORISAB1@aol.com [SMTP:LORISAB1@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 9:36 PM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] fink,huber,schumacher,henzi,maglin,christ families looking for the above surnames from switzerland. fink family originated in gossliwil solothurn switzerland. i'm looking for any living relatives. received the fink family ledger from gossliwil and have several family member names of my grandfather hermann finks brothers and wives and children, any help at all in my search would be greatly appreciated, thanks, lori fink from pa usa ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Writing letters using umlauts and special characters. To get the dots over the "a,e,o,u" or a roof over an "a" or a curling tail on a "c", use the Special Character Map on your computer. It may be best to have a 3x5 card and pencil handy to write them down. (note: > means then click on..) Click on "Start" >help >index Then type in sp Highlight special character>display>click here The computer screen should now show a chart of the special characters. Make sure the FONT is Arial, Times Roman, Courier. Wigding won't work. The bottom two rows are for UPPER and LOWER case letters. Click on one of the letters and see what is in the right hand corner of the chart. It should read ALT+ followed by 4 numbers. Example: ä - ALT+0228; ö - ALT+0246 So, while holding down the ALT key, and using the NUMERIC Keypad on the right side of your keyboard, type in 0228 to get the ä, etc.... So you won't have to look it up every time, use the 3x5 card to write them down and place it by your computer. Happy Hunting. Tony in Louisiana

Hi list [especially Regula and Wolf and other Swiss members], I am working on another translation, this time of Heer's chapter on the Martis. I need help translating a few final "mystery" words. I've exhausted all my dictionaries and history books here. Here are the words, in context: "Phragnei" [It's 1732, and a conference is settling a dispute about the transport of grain through Glarus. "...und das von selbigem unterwegs nichts auf "PHRAGNEI" weder im Zu"rchergebiet...noch anderswo abgeladen noch verkauft werde."] "S.S.S." [ They're talking about an agreement between Switzerland and Germany in 1915-16. "...die Gru"ndung der S.S.S. die daru"ber wachen sollte, das nicht Vorra"te, die der Schweiz geliefert wurden, den Feinden weitergegeben wurden."] "Lauis" [Where is this? Is it in Canton Tiscino? If so, what's its name today? The people are referred to as "Los".] "Fahrtsfeter" [It's 1836, and this Marti, who is a minister, is participating as a travelling preacher. "Nach Wiedereinf"uhrung der gemeinsamen FAHRTSFETER..."] "Zahnbringen" [Dr. Marti is successfully stopping the smallpox epidemics with his introduction of the vaccine. But, there are still problems. "...bevor ich auf eines gestossen, welches an schwerem ZAHNBRINGEN starb."] "Handgelu"bde" [Back to the conference on grain transport. "Zu dem End beha"lt sich Zu"rich zu allen Zeiten vor, no"tigenfalls die glarnerischen Kornha"ndler in ein HANDGELU"BDE su nehmen..."] Thanks in advance for your help. Sue Wolf s-wolf@mindspring.com

I've just added my GEDCOM to Rootsweb's new World Connect website. What a cool site!!! The STREBLERs were from Thurgau Canton, as perhaps were some of my other families. Take a look for your surnames at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=dagooster Jon Strebler San Diego

Roll call: Moretti Brick wall: Anita Moretti Married: Alfred Guiseppe Henery Filippini date: October, 1908 location: Lucanio, Switzerland Immigrted to: California {aprox 1910} Died::1912 of Diabetic complication Occupation: Governess/Housekeeper Children: 2

>Swiss Rooters, >This is not about genealogy. Just memories. > >Each Christmas Eve, mom would cut a large onion in half, top to >bottom. She would then take 12 of the shells Onion shells? eggshells? (Needless to say we didn't do this in my family -- we spent Christmases with the German side -- but I'd like to know more.) Joann Betschart | mailto:merlaan@c-zone.net | http://www.c-zone.net/merlaan

looking for the above surnames from switzerland. fink family originated in gossliwil solothurn switzerland. i'm looking for any living relatives. received the fink family ledger from gossliwil and have several family member names of my grandfather hermann finks brothers and wives and children, any help at all in my search would be greatly appreciated, thanks, lori fink from pa usa

Swiss Rooters, This is not about genealogy. Just memories. Each Christmas Eve, mom would cut a large onion in half, top to bottom. She would then take 12 of the shells and place them on a tray. By each shell, she wrote a month of the year from Jan thru Dec. When everyone was ready to go to bed, she put a teaspoon of salt into each shell. On Christmas morning, looking at the amount of liquid, she would indicate which months in the coming year would be dry and which were wet. I remember some leaves were overflowing while the one next to it was dry as a bone. Has anyone else done or seen this? In my old age, Christmas time brings back wonderful memories. Happy Holidays, Tony in Louisiana

Hello All ! I would say that Rieschweiler = Richwiller, Alsace. This could also explain the Lupperweil misspelling (weil or weiler in Elsaessi = wil in Schwitzertütsch ) Sincerely Guillaume PS Elsaessi and Schwitzertütsch are the german dialects spoken respectively in Alsace and Switzerland. ----- Message d'origine ----- De : BSte902278@aol.com À : SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Envoyé : vendredi 10 décembre 1999 23:07 Objet : [SWITZ] Rieschweiler Parish Records Hello All, Stumped again! I have a reference that says my grandfather was of Swiss origin The report was from Burgert Swiss Origins from the Rieschweiler Parish Records. It states the following " Bpt Record 1721 Isaac Brechbul, Swiss Origin- Lupperweil, Bern, Identified: ?3438 Lauperswil, BE". However when I contacted Net Minder at Bern, Switzerland Online Genealogy he had never heard of this Parish. Does anyone have any idea where this Parish is located? Or have done any lookups from these records at Rieschweiler. Thanks to the most helpful list of all, Brenda ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

I joined this group due to the fact that a surname that I am working on is possibly from Switzerland or that region. The name has been listed as Deibelbesin, Debelbesin, Teufelbesin, Dreibelbesin, & about 5 other spellings. They settled on Devilbiss & Divelbiss the second generation here in America. The background of the surname is a group of children came on the ship "Britannia" to Philadelphia in 1731. They settled in the Old Monocacy section of Maryland & Pennsylvania. They were named: Johan Michael, Magdalena, Johan Georg, Margarita Elizabeth Barbara, Casper. They listed being born in Baden, with one being born in Alsace. Thank you for any help you can provide. William "Hawk" Bennett nighthawk@techie.com

Cathrina ? Charlotte ? Eleanor ? Evelyn ? Hanna ? Ann Jane Barron 1803 Yarmouth, Sufflok, England 1831 Finsbury England Bright Boerstler George Boerstler Joseph Boerstler Viola R. Boerstler James Carrel Annie Lorrie Carroll May 29, 1907 David Jr. Carroll September 20, 1849 January 18, 1913 Dale County, Alabama Slocomb, Alabama 63 1870 David Sr. Carroll Harry Carroll December 13, 1911 Lemuel A Carroll June 7, 1877 January 20, 1960 Dale County, Alabama Slocomb, Alabama 82 Lemuel Earl Carroll September 27, 1905 September 6, 1982 Slocomb, Alabama Manila, Philippines 76 March 7, 1946 Ellinwood Malate Church Philippines Robert Earl Carroll April 2, 1935 Stephanie Carroll September 9, 1952 Mandaluyong Philippines September 27, 1994 Sacramento, California Jessica Christine Carroll-Miranda March 31, 1978 Ann Carter Catherine Casey January 19, 1851 May 1, 1905 Dale County, Alabama Slocomb, Alabama 54 1870 Charlotte 1810 Greenwich, England Harry Chester Melville Lane Chester 1915 April 25, 1947 Pontypridd, County of Glamorgan,Wales UK Sophia Cooper 1776 Deptford, England Exa Beatrice Dalton February 18, 1879 February 17, 1946 Pike County, Alabama Slocomb, Alabama 66 Michael Danner Rosario De Leon 1925 Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines California Ella Enoch Evans 1802 Horsley, Gloucestershire, England 1831 Finsbury England Enoch Evans 1846 Jane Evans 1832 Hornsey, Shoreditch England Charles Marcus Flournoy Harry Fritch Ann Gillis January 6, 1933 Alabama Richard Gradwohl Annie Heffner Ellen Helwig-England James C Lester Lois Margie McFall Eugene McGinley Amanda R. Messinger Jesus D. Miranda 1918 Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines Matheus De Leon Miranda February 24, 1947 Zambales, Olongapo, Philippines September 8, 1979 Sacramento, California Jeanne Henriette Morel February 23, 1890 August 7, 1947 Town of Divonne, Canton of GEX, prefecture of Ain Colony of Hong Kong, St. Theresas Hospital 57 October 29, 1915 All Saints Church, Tientsin, China Ann Oliver 1834 Carolyn Oliver Charlotte Naomi Oliver 1834 David Oliver 1848 Debbie Oliver Dennis Oliver Elizabeth Oliver 1845 Ernest Henry Oliver August 3, 1886 February 2, 1936 Leyton, Essex, England Tientsin, China 49 October 29, 1915 All Saints Church, Tientsin, China Frank Oliver Gaston Henry Oliver December 23, 1915 Tientsin, China George Oliver 1816 Isaac Oliver 1836 Jane Charlotte Oliver 1853 Joseph Oliver 1776 Deptford, England Joseph Oliver 1807 Joseph Oliver 1840 Josiah Oliver 1843 Laurence Wilfred Oliver November 12, 1909 1983 Pipestone, Ebor Station, Manitoba, Canada Rossland, Canada 73 est. 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George Schmidt January 13, 1827 March 21, 1912 85 January 30, 1851 Pennsylvania George O. Schmidt John H. Schmidt April 18, 1819 December 15, 1890 71 Jonas S. Schmidt April 7, 1835 March 21, 1938 102 Joseph Schmidt November 2, 1823 November 30, 1897 74 Lovine Schmidt Aft January 1946 ? Martin H. Schmidt Mary Ellen Schmidt November 7, 1863 January 10, 1946 82 Minerva Schmidt Bef January 1940 ? Polly Schmidt Abt 1828 Bef 1858 30 est. Susan E. Schmidt Abt 1866 January 1940 74 est. Harvey Schmoyer Margaret Edna Schmoyer September 22, 1895 April 8, 1994 Coopersburg, Pa Allentown, Pa 98 April 22, 1913 Allentown, Pa A. L. Schneebeli Leonard Sheetz John Thomas Smith Sarah Ann Smith 1847 1919 Greater Manchester, England 72 est. 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Hello, I have a lost cousin.......his and his mother's phone do not work. How might I go about finding a Swiss resident.......any thoughts? I MUST locate this person......not sure if I am able to post his name here........listowner, please help? Please and Thank you in advance, --------Nina Harkey------- ---- harkey@lni.net ----

I know this is a long shot, but if anyone happens to have information, we'd appreciate it. >From: Herb Betschart <herbb@telusplanet.net> >To: Joann <merlaan@c-zone.net>, betscharts@egroups.com >Mailing-List: contact betscharts-owner@egroups.com >X-Mailing-List: betscharts@egroups.com >List-Help: <http://www.egroups.com/group/betscharts/info.html>, > <mailto:betscharts-help@egroups.com> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:betscharts-unsubscribe@egroups.com> >List-Archive: <http://www.egroups.com/group/betscharts/> >Reply-To: betscharts@egroups.com > >I am trying to find out if there are any offspring from a Victoria Diana >Betschart. Diana moved to Winnipeg von Muotathal or Schwyz in the 30's with >her Father. She later moved to Calgary. I talked to her on the phone but she >passed away in the early 90's before we managed to meet. At that time she was >living alone. The swiss government was looking for her relatives (if any). I >am trying to get a hold of her death certificate which should shed some more >light on her past. >Any help re. Diana is appreciated. >Herb Joann Betschart (Lunzä Schützenhaus) Betscharts from Muotathal list information: http://www.egroups.com/list/betscharts/

Hello All, Stumped again! I have a reference that says my grandfather was of Swiss origin The report was from Burgert Swiss Origins from the Rieschweiler Parish Records. It states the following " Bpt Record 1721 Isaac Brechbul, Swiss Origin- Lupperweil, Bern, Identified: ?3438 Lauperswil, BE". However when I contacted Net Minder at Bern, Switzerland Online Genealogy he had never heard of this Parish. Does anyone have any idea where this Parish is located? Or have done any lookups from these records at Rieschweiler. Thanks to the most helpful list of all, Brenda