To reach the List for the Swiss Surname Directory go to http//www.eye.ch/swissgen/surnam-m.htm Hope this will help everyone Ann > > Subject: [SWITZ] SWISS SURNAME DATABASE > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 08:25:07 -0600 > From: margaret ruth shank <mrshankindybiz@home.com> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > I have't yet figured out how to insert a clickable URL address into my > emails. But, for those new to the list, you can reach the Swiss surname > database by typing in these letters and symbols: > http://iseli.simplenet.com/SSD/ Let me know if you are having problems > and I'll go back to them through my original email response from them! > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [SWITZ] FATZER > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:59:36 -0400 > From: "Nancy" <ethel@idirect.com> > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello everybody; > Does anybody out there know of a family called Fatzer, livin g in the Mount > Pilatus area who might have opened their home to an English child going to > school there in the late 1890's? I am actually looking for the name of a > school where a 13 year old boy might have gone, while living in the Fatzer > family home. The boy was my grandfather, and I would like to get > inf0ormation on him, from the school if it can be located, but I don't have > the name of the school. I know he lived with this family because I have a > letter that his father wrote to hime in May of 1899, and the name Fatzer is > mentioned several times in the letter. > Unless, of course,....... Fatzer is the name of the headmaster or principal, > or dean or whatever the head of the school is called over there. I'd > appreciate ANY leads at all, as I really STUCK. > Thanks, > Happy Trails > Nancy > Ontario, Canada