Fred: the family of RAMSAUER IS listed in "Swiss Surnames: as in only one location before 1800. Canton Appenzell outer Roden: Herisau (a) : Urnasch -= 1922 Canton Basel - Basel - 1962 (from Herisau,AR Zurich - Opfikon - 1947 (from Waldstatt Appenzell Zurich - 1957,1959,1960 (from Herisau, AR) In Mario Van Moos: Bibliography of Swiss Genealogies" there is the folowing: Steinmann,Rolf J<oachim: Genealogie der Familie RAMSAUER, Burger und Ratsgesch- lecht von Herisau. Mit Anhang der FAmilien Fisch (von Schwellbrunn und Herisau) S. 14-21) Lienhardt (von Schwellbrunn S.22-24) und Enz (von Herisau S. 24-27) Rapperswil SG um 1986 - 27 bl. Stammlisten (in der SGFF Bibliothek. Julius Billeter in his "Notes" has also comvered RAMSAUER. Microfilm 0193481 So a trip to the Family History Center locally is in order. Good luck. Joe Wolfe On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:01:45 -0500 (EST) Newarker@webtv.net (Fred) writes: > My Great Grandfather Jacob RAMSAUER was born in Switzerland 1n > 1837-8. He arrived in the USA before 1869 and Lived in the State of > New > Jersey until His death in 1885. He Married Anna Christ in 1869. > Looking > for data on Ancestors in Switzerland. > Fred Weigand > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb! Help provide FREE genealogical resources on the > Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >