Hi Jerry, Hi the list For european noble connections, I suggest you visit the following sites : Daniel de Rauglaudre's site : http://pauillac.inria.fr/~ddr/ Arnaud Auréjac's site : http://toutatis.ups-tlse.fr/aurejac They have some very complete information about all noble families including "von Habsburg". Their name come from "Habichtburg" (I do not know the translation in english for Habicht but that is a large bird like an eagle) the name of their Castle in Muri (Aargau) Guillaume - Mulhouse - France ----- Message d'origine ----- De : Jerry Byers <gbyers@col.auracom.com> À : <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Envoyé : samedi 26 février 2000 18:03 Objet : [SWITZ] HAPSBURG/Rheinfilden/Aargau/FIELDING family roots > Switzerland Listers: > > I just joined the list. My name is Jerry Byers from Nova Scotia, > Canada. I am nearing completion on a book on my maternal family > FIELDING. The ancient roots of FIELDING trace back through early > England (to 1280, Geoffrey de Feilding) with its roots in Switzerland > through a branch of the House of Hapburgh in Rheinfielden, Switzerland > (from whence the name Fielden/Fieldinging originated), Hapsburg Castle, > etc., and Aargau canton, Laufenburg, etc., and thence back further to > our ancestry in France. > > I realize that most of you as subscribers are probably researching your > Swiss surnames/connections of more recent times. The time period I am > searching in Switzerland is prior to surnames as we know them > (1100-1300. However, I ask you as researchers with Swiss ancestry for > suggestions or a more specific Swiss URL(s), homepages, or other > websites on the internet where I might search for more of my Hapsburg > ancestry in Switzerland. Maybe there are websites specific to medieval > research in these early time periods and of which I am unaware. My > intermarried families of inerest are von NEUCHATEL, OCHENSTEIN, > PFULLENDORF, von SCHWABEN, REGENSBURG yjr ;tter of which are more of > Germanic ancestry. Any comments would be welcome. > > Jerry Byers, Nova Scotia > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net >