I, too, had difficulty in finding my ancestors in Switzerland. Over the years your detective skills do develop and with each success you have the courage to proceed even more. One day I was sorting through some old pictures that I've had for many years and happened to notice the writing on the front and back of each photo. I never paid much attention to them before. I got out a magnifying glass and wrote down every word, translated what I could and then, because the Internet is so wonderful, I typed in the word I always thought of as the name of the photo studio in the search engine. Boy, was I surprised when it turned out to be the name of a village, Niederweningen. Bingo, I was "on the road again" and that is the town where I found my ancestors. It seems the "answers" are right in front of us sometimes but we don't see them at first. A german lady volunteer at the Salt Lake City Family History Center helped my daughter and me to understand some of the "old handwriting" and told us that the numbers after the family name were "house" numbers. We looked down the census for everyone at house number "282" and found not only our ancestor but his siblings and parents. We have since found another generation back. Our brick wall is that the last man on the path has a name Johann with no middle name and, as you know, most of the men are called Johann at birth. We won't give up though. I guess we should be thankful that people didn't move from house to house over there like we do here in the States. I hope this information will be helpful to all of you. Anne Bowie Researching: Conrad BUCHER in Niederweningen, Zurich, Switzerland