It was quite common in those days that the last name of a female ended on -in. For example: father Hans Heinrich Usteri, son Johannes Usteri, daughter Beatrix Usterin. I have many of those cases in my database. Hope this helps Franz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: YumaMother@aol.com > Gesendet am: Freitag, 6. Mai 2005 19:42 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: [SWITZ] Re: Usterin/Usteri > > Hello Listers, > I have a many times great grandmother born in the town of Zurich on 15 Jul > 1626. My records show her name as Beatrix Usterin. In looking thru the Family > Search, she shows up as Beatrix Usteri, father is Hans Heinrich Usteri. Can > anyone tell me which is the right spelling? I would appreciate any help on > this. > Alice Davison, Yuma, Az. > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CHE/SWITZERLAND.html > to unsubscribe > nothing in message