Word of caution.....the weblinks to the LDS FHL Catalog which I include below got cut apart in the Rootsweb e-mail program. You will need to copy and paste each line end to end into your address field of your webbrowser if you want to use them. For example, between http://www.familysearch.org/fhlc and 999&columns=*,180,0 should all be on one line. But if you just start with SwissGen's LDS Locality listing, then just follow my wording on how to get through all the LDS FHL webpages. TTYL, Dave -----Original Message----- From: dschmutz@es.com [mailto:dschmutz@es.com] Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:02 AM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SWITZ] Catholic Church records Dear Mike: The short answer is you can do it yourself at your local FHC. How did I know that? Go to SwissGen's listing of cantons http://swiss.genealogy.net/ldsloc-m.htm that link to the LDS FHL Catalog listing for villages in each canton. So for SG, I obtain the list of all villages that have "some sort of info" listed in the LDS FHL Catalog: http://www.familysearch.org/fhlc/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityrelat ed&subject=161217&first=1&last=999&columns=*,180,0 I perused the list to find Mels. Wow, it is there. Hallelujah!!! (not all villages have had their parish records filmed, especially Catholic) Click on the Switzerland, Sankt Gallen, Mels link [web address removed] Click again on Topics: Switzerland, Sankt Gallen, Mels - Church records [web address removed] Click again on Titles: Kirchenbuch, 1639-1927 , Katholische Kirche Mels (Sankt Gallen) Good.....Kirchenbuch = Church book (parish registers), from 1639 all the way until 1927 for the Katholische = Catholic Church in St. Gallen. Click on Kirchenbuch, 1639-1927 [web address removed] to see the Title details: 4 microfilms, filmed in 1973, Parish register transcripts of baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc. - the original is in Stadtarchiv Sankt Gallen. Click on the little greay box toward the top named: View Film Notes to find out what dates are contained on each film. Now you get to learn German hand-written script. Don't have too much fun, Dave Schmutz -----Original Message----- From: Mike Bozovich [mailto:mkb@ezl.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:24 PM To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] Catholic Church records Hello, I'm new to the list and wonder how I would go about contacting someone to look up records on a particular surname in a particular church in Switzerland. Specifically, I am interested in the Catholic Church, Mels, SG. Thanks, Mike Bozovich