I'm fairly new to Swiss records, although I've looked at German records in the past, and am having a bit of trouble. I'm hoping that someone out there can help me. I'm looking at the Kirchenbuch for the Diemtigen valley in the canton of Bern. I need help with 2 items, so far. First: The following is my transcription of what I think a baptismal record says: "Christian Kloßner} Niklaustens Christian aus Riedern..." The part of this that I don't understand has been underlined. Is this indicating that the child being baptized is Christian, whose father is Christian, son of Niklaus [grandfather]? What I think is "tens" is sometimes used, however, this part of the records may have something like "Davids Jakob" which I think indicates that Jakob is the father of the baptized child and David is the grandfather. Can anyone tell me if I'm correct?? Second: I'm finding an odd female name which may be an abbreviation. It seems to be "Elra". I really can only make out the "E" and the "a" for sure. Does anyone know what this might be? I don't think its "Ehe." Thanks so much for any help! Brenda