Visit SwissGen's Swiss Surname Directory to obtain information about citizenship in villages for your surnames below: http://swiss.genealogy.net/surnam-m.htm To see in which canton your village is located. Visit: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/9711/chpostal.html After you know the canton, you can see if the LDS Family History Library has a copy of the microfilm of any records from the village: http://swiss.genealogy.net/ldsloc-m.htm and click on the canton you are interested in. Dave Schmutz -----Original Message----- From: Anna Rufer [mailto:rufer@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 7:29 PM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] Typing umlauts A very big thank you to everyone who answered my question regarding typing umlauts. I was inundated with replies both on and off list and really appreciate the time so many took. Thank you! Just to prove I am a fast learner here are my surname interests in full : RUFER - Münchenbuchsee BE LANGENSAND - Alpnach-Dorf OW MURER - Zollihofen BE NUFER ERNST - Gachnang TG BRITCHGI SCHWARTZ KATHRINER WÄLTI - Landiswyl (BE?) JAKOBER HOFER von ROTZ - Kerns or Sarnen OW AEBERHARD - BE FANGER PULVER BIELER - Giswil OW (These are probably mostly from KÜCHLER BE & protestant) (Probably mostly from OW/NW and Catholic) Regards - Anna - from Putaruru, New Zealand