> Von: Joseph E. Wolfe[SMTP:joeedwolfe@juno.com] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2000 21:24 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [SWITZ] Missing generations of Hilbi. > > Sorry to but in here but does everyone realize there is a marvelous series > of films > on St. Gallen - Author Wickli-Steineger :Alphabetical Name Index Cards in > the > Family History Center. UInfortunately they do not cover every town or > every canton > You are referring to "Toggenburgisches Genealogienwerk", and I agree : a GREAT source - but only for the protestant part of the Toggenburg Valley, which is only a part of canton St.Gallen. See http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/sursou-e.htm#others for a short description - listing the parishes and time frames covered. Some names dealt with in this source are included in the Swiss Surname Directory, but far from complete (we have permission to include all information - but someone would have to do the actual work). Best regards - Wolf > but > they are based not only on church records but also on property records and > wills and > other such information. Some of the numbers are > 1860955 - Fderle to Frey,Uli > 1860663 - Aadrian to Britt, Gottlieb > 1860858 - Schmid -Hans Jacob to Sprecher. > > And the best part is that they come into the 20th century. > > There are many more numbers but those are only a few. > > Joe Wolfe >