Davis, Richard Warren: Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners (3 volumes). The last volume in this series has just been published - the first two volumes are reviewed in the latest SGFF Bulletin by Mario von Moos, including the listing of all surnames covered. I quote : "Amongst the many Swiss emigrating to America, there was a separate group, mentioned frequently in the literature - the Anabaptists (or Mennonites). Often it was not their own decision to emigrate; rather they were expelled, in many cases the head of the family had been imprisoned first. These emigrants - usually hard-working and honest people - often had large families, which explains their large progeny with numerous genealogical crosslinks. Richard W. Davis has taken great pains to examine sources on both sides of the Atlantic, and to trace the roots. It is this detailed, painstaking work which is missing in many genealogical publications : it therefore deserves a special mention that the author has tackled this lack of information, with great patience and sound knowledge. The published data fall into three categories: Palatine census data (often the family stayed there for some time, on the way to embarkation), ship passenger lists, and genealogies. The latter fill almost 400 pages and constitute the largest part. This includes some Palatine families - without proof that they actually originated from Switzerland. For the surname index Swiss citizenships were determined when possible, and included; also listed are Americanised spellings." This surname index has now been made available within the online version of the SGFF Bulletin. If you want to find out whether names of interest to you are mentioned in this great source, or anywhere else within SwissGen, you best use the full text search feature on http://swiss.genealogy.net/search-m.htm Happy hunting - Wolf -------------- Wolf W. Seelentag, PhD, e-mail : wolf.seelentag@kssg.ch Klinik fuer Radio-Onkologie, Kantonsspital, CH - 9007 St. Gallen, Switzerland Tel : +41-71-4942233 Fax : +41-71-4942893