I'm excited about being on this list. My ggrandmother's name was Jeanne DuRussel (also spelled DuRussal). The only info I have about her is that she married my ggrandfather in England in 1870 and I estimate that she was born in 1848 or so (from the English censuses that gave her birthplace as "Switzerland"). From the marriage certificate, her father's name was "Francis" (I think perhaps that was anglicized and it may have been Francois). Apparently, the family name is from Vaud/Moudon but I have no idea of how to confirm this. Her first daughter was named Adele so, following naming custom, her mother's name might have been Adele as well. My "theory" is that she came from Switzerland to England to be a governess. I checked the 1861 census to see if she were listed in any residences around where she was married (Toxteth Park, Lancs) but I couldn't find her. And she would only have been 13 at the time so she probably emigrated between 1861 and 1870. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can find out about emigration patterns in Switzerland during that period? Or perhaps info about whether Swiss women regularly went abroad?? Valerie Ackroyd