I'm new to the list and have just started trying to trace my husband's Swiss-German grandfather. I'd appreciate a referral to a competent Swiss researcher who could help me search civil records etc. Unfortunately, I do not speak or read German. I'm looking for John S. TREICHLER, who was born in Zurich Canton 21 Apr 1867. He said he had had a brother and sister named Annie and Carl (Americanized versions of names), and a father named Solomon. (Mother's name unknown, she is said to have died when children were young.) With an hour of help from a professional researcher at the FHL in Salt Lake last week, I've identified a candidate family -- but there are some discrepancies in first names, and I need help to do further checking in other records. The candidate family found is in the Hombrechtikon Church registers: Karl TREICHLER married Barbara ZOLLINGER in Hombrechtikon 28 Aug 1861, he a resident of Wadenswil Children: Susanna Ida TREICHLER b. 6 Jul 1864, bp. 17 Sep 1864 Hombrechtikon (parents "of Wadenswil") Karl Salomon TREICHLER b. 23 Aug 1865, bp. 24 Sep 1865 Hombrechtikon (parents "of Wadenswil") Hans TREICHLER born 22 Apr 1867, bp. Hombrechtikon 16 Jun 1867 (parents "of Wadenswil") Johann Alfred TREICHLER, missed the bapt entry, but d. 20 Mar 1869 ae 7 mo, 23 d, buried 26 Mar 1869 This gives me Susanna/Annie, Karl/Carl, and Hans/Johann/John with almost the right birth date, but I have a lot of questions. Could the father, Karl, be Karl Salomon like his older son, and have been called Salomon? Also, just curiosity, but why, when they already had a son named Hans, did they name another son Johann? And why did they marry, baptize and bury in Hombrechtikon when they lived in Wadenswil? Family tradition maybe? Or what? The two places aren't that close. Any suggestions welcome -- and I hope someone can refer me to a researcher. Thanks! Esther Mott California