Marge: In Swiss Surnames the name of Stussi only appears in Basel Canton in Basel in 1961 and they came there from Linthal,Glarus. Before 1800 the following cantons had Stussi families in them. Canton Glarus - Glarus (a) from before 1800 Haslen (a) Linthal (a) Niederurnen (a) Riedern (a) Canton Zurich : - Da(e)nikon (a) Hofstetten bei Elgg (b) from 1800 to 1850 (and from Glarus, Gl) Regensdorf (a) Russikon. In Mario Van Moos "Bibliographies of Swiss Genealogies" are the following: 1) Stussi- Gyger, Jacob - Stammbaum STUSSI von Linthal, Glarus 1964 - 64 bl. (in der Landesbibliothek Glarus) 2) Schulthess, Konrad: Aus STUSSI 9von Regensdorf) wird Steissel. In : Schweizer Familienforscher 39,1972 - S 52-54. 3) Stussi,B. - Die STUSSI von Riedern. Kleine Familiengeschichte eine weitversweigten Geschlechts. In: Glarner Nachrichten 1979 - vom 31. Juli 1979 The local family history center should have some of the church records on microfilm. Hope this will be of help to you. Joe Wolfe On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:47:14 -0600 "Marge" <cedarcrk@ultravision.net> writes: > Good Morning, How would I go about discovering the parents of > FREDERICK > STUESSI B 1864 in Basil, Switzerland. He married Mary Apel. > Also > would like to find out more on Mary. Thank you, Marge/Tx > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Resource Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chewgw >