Dear Researchers Last week I went to the State Archive in Berne to do some researchings in the Passport Register. One interesting and starange thing I found in the Passport Register number 9! It seems that Register and Document Folder dont correspond every time. A check worked out as follows: Passport Register 9 only list 49 passports for the years from 1884 till 1886. Looking at the Document Folder you'll find 1'017 passports. This means that if you dont find the wanted person in the Register check as well the Document Folder; the person might be listed there. If you know the exact date, the passport was issued, you could directly use the Document Folder, using the Register only for crosschecking. The State Archive from the Canton of Berne is preparing an electronic version of the passport register which means that "later" (Date unknown) we might be able to search for surnames, home town, destination etc. Sounds quiet interesting ... I'll notify you about any news concerning the passport register. You'll find soon the updated page for the Bernese passport register on the internet or if you are in a hurry drop me a email at schick@datacomm.ch and ask eighter for the Word or the Text version of the documentt. Greetings from Murten, Switzerland! Christof Schick-Fernandez