Seelentag Wolfhart Dr. KSSG_RO wrote: > > The translation into German would be "Schweizer Garde" - which is the German > name of the Pope's "bodyguards" in the Vatican : mainly representative > nowadays, but well known soldiers in earlier centuries. Check > http://www.datacomm.ch/awicky/gsp/index.html > (sorry - in German only). I would consider this the most likely explanation, > though I cannot exclude for sure that some other Swiss regiment (and there > were lots of them) could also be meant. > > Best regards - Wolf > Wolf, Do you know whether muster rolls exist for service in the Papal Guard in earlier times? Best regards, Trigg Lupher > > ---------- > > Von: Julie Sass[SMTP:sassy1@mindspring.com] > > Gesendet: Montag, 24. Januar 2000 13:11 > > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Betreff: [SWITZ] Legio Helvetica > > > > This question came up on the B-W List...Anyone on the Swiss List have any > > further information or comments on the Legio Helvetica? > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > Julie > > > > In a message dated 01/23/2000 7:32:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > g.rotter@t-online.de writes: > > > > << 1748, across a "former soldier" of the "Legio Helvetica". > > Has anybody any idea what kind of soldiery this "Legio" was? >> > > > > Legio helvetica is Latin for "Swiss Regiment." That in itself doesn't > > tell > > you which Swiss regiment or for whom they were fighting at the time. The > > Swiss contracted regiments to many European governments--for example, > > there was a Swiss regiment stationed in Canada for the British as late as > > the > > War of 1812. You will need to find more identifying data. Virginia > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? > mail to Switzerland-L-request@rootsweb.com > subject line: unsubscribe > nothing in message > Do not add anything else but the one word.... unsubscribe