Jacque, Have you considered BÉGUELIN? The oldest branches of the family come from Courtelary and Tramelan, in the canton of Bern, in the old bishopric of Basel. Sam (Ottawa, Canada) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rmomba@aol.com To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: [SWITZ] Beglin I am looking for DeWalt Beglin's place of birth. It states on the 1870 census that he was born in Prussia. One the census for 1880 for his son he states France, but the children listed all say that their father was from Switzerland! I also thought that DeWalt was from Alsace-Lorraine since his daughter married a Peter Croft (Kroft) who was supposedly from Alsace-Lorraine. Could anyone tell me if someone lived in Switzerland near Alsace-Lorraine what port they might have left? Also Does the last name of Beglin seem to be a French/Swiss name? Thank you Jacque Wallingford Rmomba@aol.com

Hi the list ! In addition to my previous mail, I would add that the traditionnal naming pattern for young unmarried women would take as their surname the father's surname plus an ending of either -n or -in. When married, their last name would change to the husband'surname plus an ending of -n or -in. This works in Alsace as well as in most swiss german-speaking cantons. But I've never seen the name Boegli or Boeglé - masculine for Boeglin- in an Alsacian register thus my saying that Boegli should be the original name. Sincerely Guillaume - who thanks his friend Pete who made me remind that all the list shouldn't be aware of this naming tradition and that I did not give all my hints.