Marcy: I found the name CHRISTELLER As being in CAnton Bern before 1800 in only one town: Saanen. I also found the name CHRISTELER in Bern in one town before 1800 : Lenk AS to your second name SCHLAPPI (UMLAUT over the a it is also in Bern before 1800 Erlenbach im Simmental Gadmen Guttannen Innertkirchen Lenk Wilderswil Zweisimmen There is also Schlappi covered in the notes of Julius Billeter microfilm # 0193483 And finally there is in Mario van Moos: Bibliograpy of Swiss Genealogies two references to publications: 1) Kirchner, Fritz: Brunisholz-Gehret-Schwitzgebel (aus dem Kanton Bern) (betrifft ferner auth die Familie SCHLAPPI von St. Stephan BE. ) Beigrage zur Schweizer Einwanderung: In: Saarlandische Familienkunde 24,1991 - 391-402 2) Kirchner, Fritz: Brunisholz und Schleppi. Beitrage zur SchweizerEinwanderung (Betrifft die Familie Schlappi von St. Stephan BE)> In: Saarlandische Familienkunde 24, 1991 - S. 469-473. The Family History center should have or you can order the Billeter Notes and they have filmed most of the Bern church records as of this date. Hope this will be of help to you. Joe Wolfe On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:12:18 EST Firelook2@aol.com writes: > Hello > > Looking for parents of Salome CHRISTELLER. She was born around > 1755, married > a James SCHLAEPPI. I believe they were both from Poeschenreid, Lenk, > Bern, > Switzerland. > > ....Marcy Ugstad > Oregon, USA > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >