I am one of the dreaded "newbies" to the list, new that is to Swiss & internet genealogy although I have been tracing my own British roots the "conventional" way for some 20 years. My husband's family names include RUFER (Munchenbuchsee BE); AEBERHARD (BE); MURER (Zollihofen BE); LANGENSAND (Alpnach OW); BIELER (Giswil OW); von ROTZ (Sarnen or Kerns OW) I am interested in making contact with anyone searching these names. I have traced back to Christian RUFER (b.1782 m.Barbara MURER 1810) through the family books at Munchenbuchsee. I would like to find his parents. Can anyone please tell me where to find parish registers for Munchenbuchsee? What other records might be useful for this area? Can anyone help me with a simple problem please. How does one get the "umlaut" (double dots above a,o,& u) to appear on an english-speaking computer? Regards - Anna - from New Zealand