Dear Ginger, > ---------- > Von: GINGER[SMTP:ginrings@email.msn.com] > Gesendet: Montag, 18. Oktober 1999 22:02 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: [SWITZ] St Gallen, Switzerland > > Hello. > Can anyone tell me of the Benedictine Abbey. I'm also searching for > information on the movement from Switzerland to Germany, end of 1700s and > beginning of 1800s, to the areas of the BlackForest, Baden and Rottweil. > My GGGrandfather was born abt 1805. In the US Census his mother was Swiss. > She named him Benedict(k) ? We spell the surname SOHMER. (?) > Since there is no other information- yet - to start with Benedictine Abbey > in St Gallen makes sense. > > Thank You, > Ginger (Sohmer) Nehrings ginrings@msn.com > New Jersey USA > Benedict was a very popular given name in German speaking catholic areas at this time - this should not be considered as an indication for any connection to the abbey. Just FYI (if you can read German) - SwissGen has a page on the abbey archives : http://swiss.genealogy.net/kant/sgstia-d.htm (even if you can't read it - there are a few nice pictures at the bottom of the page). Back to your research problem : have you any indication that Benedict's father was also Swiss - or even coming from St.Gallen ? Sohmer is mentioned in "Familiennamenbuch" (http://swiss.genealogy.net/famnam-m.htm) - but only for immigrants (from Germany) in this century. So you may have to look in Germany (?). Good luck with your further research - Wolf ---------------------- Wolf W. Seelentag, PhD, e-mail : wolf@swissmail.com Reherstr. 19, CH - 9016 St. Gallen, Switzerland Tel (home) : +41-71-2885121 Fax : +49-89-2443-91987 Tel (work) : +41-71-4942233