Dear Pat, My ancestor Schertorio de Toriano was bap. 1695, Soglio, Graubunden, Switzerland. I ordered FHC microfilm #1192790 (item 2-4) Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Solio Registri ecclesiastici, 1650-1875, Salt Lake City, Filmati. Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1980, in 1 bobina Microfilm registri originali nell' Archivio di Stato, Graubunden. Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths for Soglio, also known as Suol & Sulg. Baptisms: 1650-1780 Marriages 1650-1758 Deaths 1650-1760 The name Salis appears in these records. This appeared at the end of item 4. "Popolalione della terra Parrochia di Soglio Secondo L'Alfabeto delli normi delle Famiglie attualmente __? __? anno 1801. nel Mefe di Genaro" A listing of families in Soglio with no. of males & females. Here are the family names: Coretti 11 males, 18 females Cortabat 4 males 13 females Dottesim 1 female Fasciati 11 males, 11 females Mercadant 8 males, 5 females Pol 11 males, 10 females Giovanoli 73 males, 82 females Ruinelli 21 males, 33 females Salici 29 males, 31 females Soldan (no totals) SALIS "le Famiglie nobili de Salis nativie di qul & ahcora domicilanti, ouvero confervanti le loro avite po__? con illu__? Dig__?" in Casa? detta Antonia 4 males,4 females in Casa detta Radolpha 2 males __ (not sure of this) 4 males 5 females in Casa detta Battista 3 males, 2 females in Casa detta Alta 1 male, 1 female Turriani (no totals) Zanin (no totals) Baptisims as late at 1842 also appear with mention of the name Salis i.e. Johannes Salis 1845 Barbara Salis The name appeared as early as 1650. As some of the Salis family intermarried with my Toriano family. peggy b chapman, lubbock,tx (Don't hold me to some of "my" transcriptions above -1801.) The 1650-1740 records were in Latin > My grandfather was Manuel Esmeraldo Salis Gonzalez, born in Santiago de Cuba > about 1892. I seek information on the SALIS family that migrated to Cuba > before 1892. The Salis men in the generation of the 1840s-1860s had wives > with Spanish names, so I assume they were in Cuba or Spain at that time. I > don't know when the migration to Cuba occurred, and I don't know whether it > was from Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, or someplace else. Help! > > Patricia (Pat) Salis > Houston, Texas > Researching SALIS, GONZALEZ, ESMERALDO