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    1. Re: [SWITZ] Helpful Hint
    2. Joann
    3. >Greetings > >Great stocking stuffer - a ROAD MAP OF SWITZERLAND ($12-$15). Prior >to the 1900's, familes tended to stay in one area. Because of >landscape (mountains, lakes), travel was very limited. If you know >where your ancestors came from, chances are that they married >someone from the same region. So give someone a strong hint or just >wrap one up for yourself and mark it from St Nick. > >For Peggy in Ohio. Schattenhalb is approx. 40 km due South of >Luzern close to where Hwy 6 and 11 join heading West at Meiringen. >My road map also has an index giving the Zip Code as 3860. > >Happy Holidays to all > >Tony in Louisiana I imagine you have a specific one in mind; the ones we've seen don't have all the little villages (like Muotathal, SZ) on it. Joann Betschart (Lunzä Schützenhaus) | http://www.c-zone.net/merlaan "Amman Hans, as he was known, was a crude, immodest, rigid, bitter man who had no respect for either clergy or the laity. Nevertheless, he was a judge." -- Brief biography of Hans Betschart (ca. 1580-1650)

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