Hi David Burger stands for Bürger or citizen. Wolf mentioned some time ago URLs which explain this. - Basics of Swiss citizenship http://swiss.genealogy.net/CH-burger-e.html - Description of Familiennamenbuch http://swiss.genealogy.net/famnam-m.htm The Zivilstandsamt of Hallau should be able to give you information on the children, if not try the one in Beringen where they seem to be originally from. Ask for a Familienschein (you can find information about what that is on SwissGen (see URLs above)). Good luck, Regula david kester wrote: > > Hi List, > I wonder if anyone can help me with the following > information that came from the Zivilstandsamt in > HALLAU. This paper shows that my g,great-grandmother's > parent's were Heinrich and Anna SCHLATTER SCHNEIDER. > It gives their dates of birth, marriage and death. It > also has listed with their names: Burger von Beringen > SH and Burger von Hallau SH seit 24.01.1866. I > understand that Beringen and Hallau are communities of > Canton Schaffhausen but what does the other info mean? > Also, how can I find out what other children were born > to Heinrich and Anna. Would the Zivilstandsamt in > Schaffhausen be the office that I would need to write > to for this info. I do know that my > g,great-grandmother, Barbara SCHNEIDER GASSER had two > siblings that were here in the States: Anna SCHNEIDER > FENDERWOOD of Michigan and John SCNNEIDER (SNYDER) of > Philadelphia. > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Thank You, > David > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? > mail to Switzerland-L-request@rootsweb.com > subject line: unsubscribe > nothing in message -- Regula Nebel Reinach BL, Switzerland