I don't see it, but you don't need to take my word for it. The books' publisher has kindly placed on line the surnames found in it at http://www.pictonpress.com/Swiss_Surnames.htm But to know *where* the holders of the surnames were in 1798, and any additional information, you have to see the book itself. (www.eogen.com/Switzerland) Harold > At 9:18 AM -0500 10/19/05, hhsh@earthlink.net wrote: > >According to the introduction, page xxiii, the list in the book is really a > >list of those citizens who took the Citizen's Oath of Allegiance to Napoleon's > >new Helvetic Republic, and the day designated for oath-taking was 17 Aug 1798, > >a Friday. Since it applied to men aged 20-70, there doesn't seem to have been > >any premium for exact accuracy in the recording of ages, so I suppose they > >should be taken with a grain of salt, as with all age reports in that era. > > Was anyone with the surname BOTTERON listed? > > The family's "home town" (what's the Swiss name for that?) > is Nods, near the French border. > > That area has sometimes been in Switzerland, sometimes in France. > I don't know which country it was in in 1798. > > Thank you! > Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> > Harold Henderson, researching HENDERSON, DAVIDSON, ANDERSSON, STENBERG, THRALL, FLINT, SCHRIBER, JOSS, SCHOLES, MOZLEY, BOREN, LINHART, BASSETT, BLISS, BURDICK, CRANDALL and many more http://wc.rootsweb.com/~hendersonscholes http://justonestory.com

Harold wrote: But to know *where* the holders of the surnames were in 1798, and any additional information, you have to see the book itself. I'm looking for Volz/Folz and noticed that Folz is one of the surnames in Men of Bern. Can anyone do a lookup and tell me which towns this name appears? Regards, Paul

I received a flyer from Picton today. The three volume set is on sale 50% off - $99.75 - if anyone is interested in buying for their own reference or for their library. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <hhsh@earthlink.net> To: <SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Men of Bern >I don't see it, but you don't need to take my word for it. The books' > publisher has kindly placed on line the surnames found in it at > > http://www.pictonpress.com/Swiss_Surnames.htm > > But to know *where* the holders of the surnames were in 1798, and any > additional information, you have to see the book itself. > (www.eogen.com/Switzerland) > > Harold > > > >> At 9:18 AM -0500 10/19/05, hhsh@earthlink.net wrote: >> >According to the introduction, page xxiii, the list in the book is >> >really a >> >list of those citizens who took the Citizen's Oath of Allegiance to >> >Napoleon's >> >new Helvetic Republic, and the day designated for oath-taking was 17 Aug >> >1798, >> >a Friday. Since it applied to men aged 20-70, there doesn't seem to >> >have been >> >any premium for exact accuracy in the recording of ages, so I suppose >> >they >> >should be taken with a grain of salt, as with all age reports in that >> >era. >> >> Was anyone with the surname BOTTERON listed? >> >> The family's "home town" (what's the Swiss name for that?) >> is Nods, near the French border. >> >> That area has sometimes been in Switzerland, sometimes in France. >> I don't know which country it was in in 1798. >> >> Thank you! >> Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> >> > > Harold Henderson, researching HENDERSON, DAVIDSON, ANDERSSON, > STENBERG, THRALL, FLINT, SCHRIBER, JOSS, SCHOLES, MOZLEY, > BOREN, LINHART, BASSETT, BLISS, BURDICK, CRANDALL and many more > http://wc.rootsweb.com/~hendersonscholes http://justonestory.com > > ______________________________