This came to me from another list, and it is so blessed, had to pass it on! Happy Holidays! > Happy Winter Solstice (December 21) > Merry Christmas (Celebrated on December 25) > Happy Hanukkah (Starting on eve of December 25 this year) > Happy Kwanzaa (December 26) > > And while we're in the festival spirit -- celebrate Rosa Parks Day > (December > 1), National Christmas Tree Lighting (December 5), St. Nicholas Day > (December 6), Poinsettia Day (December 12), Beethoven's Birthday (December > 16), Nutcracker First Performed (December 18), New Years (January 1), and > the arrival of my credit card bills (shortly thereafter). > > Love, happiness, and celebrations of the famous Genealogy Happy Dance > throughout 2006 to all, and to all a good night! Now, where did I put my > egg > nog? > > -- Alan Regards from Nellie, a 68-yr-old root digger in Texas, where the ground never freezes.

Hello Everyone - Yeaaa! Have finally gotten my computer together today (with help from my nephew) and can finally get my Christmas letter out. Those of you who are on my email list will only get this letter, but it's the best I can do this year. I hadn't realized until started packing how much stuff I scchlepped down to Yuma over the 10 year perios and how much I accumulated until I had to start packing up. Thank heavens for lay's daughter, Carol, and all her help the last 9 days. I ended with about 50 melon boxes to schlep back up here to Vegas. Tom and his father-in-law came down in Tom's truck and a 15 foot trailer to get everything back. I thought it would take a whole day to get it all loaded, but with the help of some neighbors and a couple guys from church, it was done by 11:30 and we were up here by 5:30 and unloaded most of it that evening. I still have about 16 boxes left to unpack, because I have to take 2 steps back before I can put things away. Had to clean out the linen closet to get thengs put in there, had to clean and rearrange kitchen cupboards, and just had to clean. Still haven't gotten to the kitchen and laundry room curtains, they have only been taken down and washed once since I left! Unpacking is taking a lot longer then I expected - didn't account for the bad days I've had and just hid out in my bedroom all day. At least I'm taking care of myself, eating properly and taking my pills and supplements. I've been to the eye surgeon and will be having 2 cataract surgeries, the first on Jan 5th. I can't wait to get it over with and be able to see clearly again. The kids are all doing well and Therese is still poking along. Altho she doesn"t see well, she recognizes everyone by their voices. I still keep asking myself who has to learn what from her that she's still here. She has good days when she's laughing and joking and other days when she won't say a word. Fortunately she's in a very good nursing home and gets good care. I hope that you all will have a very blessed Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year. Much love, Alice

Dear fellow listers, Wishing everyone on the list a very happy and safe Christmas and all the best in all things for 2006. Thanks for all the really interesting letters everyone, I have enjoyed them all during the year and have learned a great deal of fascinating things from them even when they haven't been directly related to me. Looking forward to next year's list mail and reading same. Also thinks to everyone on this list who has helped me personally, very much appreciated. Good luck all in climbing the family tree everyone during 2006. Cheers and good wishes to all Marilyn lurley@gcom.net.au

Good morning to ALL. I want to thank any person who read this E-mail a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. You can translate the MC and HNY to your own county. I would live to hear from your all with a picture of your county / city / town / village and may be something about how you celebrate Christmas and a New Year. If there are any person who lives around Toggenburg (Ebnat-Kappel valley) in Switzerland. I would love to hear about how you celebrate Christmas and a New Year because in the spring of 1725 my Great Grandparents on my mother and father family's left for the United States and arrived in Orangeburgh, South Carolina on July 13, 1735. My parents have been living in Orangeburg, S. C. until their death a few years ago. I still have two brothers who is still living in Orangeburg, SC. When Orangeburgh started out it had the h on the end of Orangeburg. Some time during the years they dropped the h. I have found the grave marker for my 4th great grandfather my 3th G GF. I am still looking for my 2nd and 1st G GF grave marker on my father side. I have found the grave marker for my 6th and 5th G GF on my mothers side. Wll I will be looking to hear from any of you out there in internet land. Thank you: Charles Howard Felder _CFelderAMSC@AOL.com_ (mailto:CFelderAMSC@AOL.com) cfelderamsc@aol.com Click on sites below for other information. Please let me know if you can help me. Book I published The Felder Family From Kappel, Canton of St. Gall, Switzerland to Orangeburgh, South Carolina You can see this book at the below locations. Orangeburg County, South Carolina Library (One copy can be checked out) Orangeburg German-Swiss Genealogical Society, Orangeburg, South Carolina Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church Orangeburg, S. C.) Calhoun County Archives St. Matthews, South Carolina The South Carolina Department of Archives and History Columbia, S.C. Reference Room Hours for research Monday through Friday Hours 8:45 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. And at the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. I am a Life Time Member: Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society, Orangeburg, South Carolina _Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society_ (http://www.ogsgs.org/) Regular Member: Orangeburg Historical Society, Orangeburg, South Carolina Regular Member: Jacksonville Genealogical Society (JGS), Inc. Jacksonville, Florida _Jacksonville Genealogical Society Home Page_ (http://jaxgen.home.comcast.net/) I am looking for: Hans Heinrich Felder and John Henry Felder, Sr. Captain (Direct kin) _Kin of Hans Heinrich (Henry) Felder_ (http://hometown.aol.com/cfelderamsc/myhomepage/profile.html) Orangeburgh, South Carolina Information by Joop Giezendanner _Joop Giezendanner Web Site Holland_ (http://www.xs4all.nl/~sail/orange/a-index.html) Baltzar Paul Stroman (direct kin) Christopher Wiles (direct kin) All Waltz (direct kin) William D. Jordan (direct kin) Jane Ann Parrish (direct kin)

Hello Nellie, Hello the list, I hope You are well. I have a very good notice for You Nellie and other genealogists in Amerika. I belong to a genealogists forum for the french part of Switzerland and a message has just landed. It concerns the lists of passengers who came to Amerika across the Atlantic Ocean via the boats of the "frenchlines" between 1864 and 1936. Here is the site : http://www.frenchlines.com/passager_index_fr.php It's very interesting, even if it doesn't have all the people who came in Amerika. I give You also the original message I have become. It is in french. If You want, i'll try to translate but I haven't the time right now. Let me know. Listes de passagers "Liste des passagers du paquebot 'La Bretagne', 1887. Devant l'affluence des demandes de nombreux généalogistes et chercheurs, dont les ancêtres ont un jour emprunté les lignes transatlantiques, l'Association French Lines permet désormais la consultation sur internet des listes de passagers les plus anciennes qu'elle a pu réunir, afin de favoriser l'accès à l'information et ainsi faciliter les recherches. Il s'agit des listes de passagers des traversées ayant eu lieu de 1864 à 1936, sur les lignes transatlantiques de la Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Ces documents précieux sont d'une très grande richesse, tant sur le plan esthétique que sur celui de l'information qu'ils apportent. C'est pourquoi nous avons tenu à vous offrir l'accès à toutes les listes comprises dans cette période, sans exception aucune. " Regards William, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Thank you, William, in Geneva, Switzerland, This is an excellent resource for Swiss searchers! The ships are highlighted, and when you click on them it shows ALL THE PASSENGERS in alphabetical order! Even if your ancestors did not come over on these ships, a good suggestion would be to check each list for names that you may just know. Thank you, William for sharing! We hope it is not TOO cold, in Geneva! Here it is 67 degrees F. (19.4 C) today. http://www.frenchlines.com/passager_index_fr.php Regards from Nellie, a 68-yr-old root digger in Texas, where the ground never freezes.

rschild@visuallink.com writes: Does anyone know where I can get that program or at least a calendar for May.1944? Try the perpetual calendar at: _ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.perpcal_ (ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.perpcal) or _http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html_ (http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html) BILL WELLS Anaheim California BREATAX@AOL.COM

Hi list, Earlier this evening I visited this family site, checking out the calendar. _http://borisbrooks.com_ (http://borisbrooks.com) The photos and presentation are of professional quality and very very interesting. (even though they are not my relatives!) I don't know him personally, but please visit Jim Rickenbacker's site and enjoy his story of his and his wife Jeanne's recent trip down the Rhine (with photos and maps). When you are done, you will not only know a lot about Basel, Switzerland, and the route many of our ancestors took, you will also know that Jim likes food and drink...like many of the rest of us! Regards from Nellie, a 68-yr-old root digger in Texas, where the ground never freezes ? (it is coooollllldddd here! 16 degrees you betcha!)

Thanks to all for the quick replies to my request for help. My face is REALLY Red. One reply mentioned their Genealogy Program had the a calendar file. This got me to thinking. I checked Family Tree Maker and there was the program. My apologies for disturbing your research. I only have 81 years of excuses for being absent minded. Thanks, Again, Roy

At 8:09 PM -0500 12/9/05, Roy C. Schild wrote: >Twelwe or more years ago I had a program that would produce a >calendar for any month and year that I specified. Having lost >several hard drives and computers since, I do not have that program. >Does anyone know where I can get that program or at least a calendar >for May.1944? >Thank You >Roy Google is your friend. :-} Search for: calendar 1944 (or whatever year, no quotes) You should be able to find one for almost any year. Carol Botteron French Swiss DNA Project

Twelwe or more years ago I had a program that would produce a calendar for any month and year that I specified. Having lost several hard drives and computers since, I do not have that program. Does anyone know where I can get that program or at least a calendar for May.1944? Thank You Roy

Roy, I have a calendar program on my web site: http://borisbrooks.com/cgi-bin/p-cal.pl There are a number of similar calendar programs on the web. Just Google for Perpetual Calendar. Regards, Jim Rickenbacker Kingwood, TX Home Page: http://borisbrooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy C. Schild" <rschild@visuallink.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Printging Old Calendars > Twelwe or more years ago I had a program that would produce a calendar > for any month and year that I specified. Having lost several hard drives > and computers since, I do not have that program. Does anyone know where > I can get that program or at least a calendar for May.1944? > Thank You > Roy

Hi My great grandfather left LaHavre France and landed July 20, 1826 at the port of New york. Name of ship Brig Danube. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:00 PM Subject: SWITZERLAND-D Digest V05 #163

>Would anyone have information or a website >to see a drawing of the ship OHIO 1881? I hope it is permissible for me to recycle a posting from almost five years ago. I have saved this message because it refers to his very valuable site for historical ships. (below) - Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Palmer" <mpalmer@netcom.com> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Emigration Vessel History Website >I have set up a website at > > http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius > > for the histories of merchant (emigration) vessels, both sail and steam, > that I have compiled over the course of my research. My interests are > primarily American, British, and German emigration sailing vessels of the > 19th century, early U.S. ocean-going steamships, and German and > Continental ocean-going passenger steamships of the 19th and early 20th > centuries. The vessel histories presently online represent only a portion > of the histories I have compiled: I shall be adding the others as time > permits. (I have in particular histories of all German passenger liners in > service prior to World War I.) > > A note on pictures. Whenever possible I have included a pictorial > representation of the vessel in question. To conserve space on the server > these pictures are presented in small format, generally no more than 400 > pixels wide. In some cases I am able to provide a larger copy of a > picture. > If the legend to a picture concludes with the sentence "To request a > larger copy of this scan, click on the picture," click on the picture and > your web browser will automatically generate an email to me with an > appropriate subject line. This is an automated procedure (viz., I do not > read the messages generated by it), so please do not alter the subject > line > in any way or use the message generated by this procedure to communicate a > personal message to me. Please note also that I am providing these larger > scans to you for your personal use only. If you wish to publish a larger > scan or to use it on a website, please contact the holder of the original > drawing, watercolor, painting, photograph, or model (identified in the > legend to the scan on these pages) for permission to do so. > > Michael Palmer

Would anyone have information or a website to see a drawing of the ship OHIO 1881? My GGGrandfather left Bremen to the USA on the ship OHIO - arriving Oct. 20, 1881. Final destination: USA manifest #: 36285 Any insight would be helpful. Laura

Hi All, I am trying to find any trace of distant relatives. Surname: HOTTINGER, August Martin - Basel, Switzerland Surname: Brügger, Clara Amanda - Montreux, Switzerland Do these names still exist in these cities/cantons? Immigrated in 1904 and 1906 respectively through Ellis Island (record found). What churchs (Catholic) would be in these areas? They both spoke German. I need to find church records for their parents to continue my search. August's parents (Maria Koch/Martin Hottinger) Clara's parents ( Anna maria Bossert/Adolf or Traugott Brügger) Laura smokindogs@sbcglobal.net

Looking for information on Heinrich Bannholzer married Verena Glarner 27 Jun 1799, Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland.

Hello, fellow Swiss genealogists. My Great-great-grandfather's surname was Courvoisier (born 1814), and my great-great grandmother's surname was Huguenin (born 1820). They are assumed to have come from Le Loche, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Does anyone have an idea how I can find records of their births and marriage? Thank you, Ken Roberts

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Not that it matters much, but if you wish to be consistent in which language you mentioned Bern/Berne, here it is: Kanton Bern = in German Canton de Berne French Cantone di Berna = Italian Canton Bern = English BE = postal code for Kt. Bern Since Kanton Bern is in the Swiss German speaking region of CH, it seems to make sense to write it in German, unless your text is totally French or Italian. Kanton Bern is kind of on the cusp of French speaking Switzerland and therefore many Bernese are bi-lingual (Bi-laengs). Of course there is also the city of Bern, capitol of not only Kanton Bern, but also the seat of the Swiss Federal Government. BTW, you can find this information easily for all Cantons in CH and lots more by going to website: http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/kanton-m.htm Hanneli ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobtheachey@verizon.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:24 AM Subject: clarification wanted >I come across addresses like: > Bern....... and Berne......which is correct? > Canton Bern, Switzerland...................? > Berne Canton, Switzerland..................? > Bob > > ______________________________