From: Christof Schick-Fernandez <schick@datacomm.ch> [snip] > 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! [snip] Thank you, Christof, for the information about the Passport Register. How many cantons does Berne cover--does it include Vaud? Also, do you know if everyone leaving Switzerland between 1861-1870 would have been required to have a passport? I am curious because my grandmother went to England during that time to work and I was wondering if it would be worth looking in Berne next year when I go over to Europe. Best regards, Valerie Ackroyd searching: DURUSSEL