In a message dated 1/10/00 9:35:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, SWITZERLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Hello all! Time to take the leap. I am researching John George Heck, deceased 1 May=20 1933 in Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania, born to Jacob Heck and Ann Elizabeth=20 Schaub of Basle on 25 Feb 1857, who traveled with his brother Christopher= to=20 America sometime on or before 25 April 1885. The Basel Stadt & Kanton=20 Liestal Zivilstandsamt have found no records, suggesting birth out of the= =20 city in a village & referring to the heimatort? The family is said to hav= e=20 come up from Graub=FCnden before that. Will appreciate any & all informat= ion=20 or leads including addresses & telephones of living relatives. Richard Charles (Devon McLellan Heck Jr) >> Take a further leap of faith, try Jacob Heckendorn and Ann Elisabeth Schaub. I have both surnames in the Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land cantons. But I have no Hecks names, may have been streamlined in America. What the Heck its worth a shot.