Sam -- This doesn't cover all of Switzerland by any means, but there is no such surname in the 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse of Canton Bern, published as "Men of Bern," with a full list of surnames on line at www.pictonpress.com/Swiss_Surnames.htm. This list of military-age men contains no surnames beginning with Sk and none beginning with Sco. The closest approximation seems to be Schortt. Harold Harold Henderson Researching surnames in CT, RI, MA, VT, ME, NY, NJ, PA, OH, WI, NC, England, Wales, Scotland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Holland http://wc.rootsweb.com/~hendersonscholes