My best guesses are: Cynttanen = Thunstetten, BE (this is about as far out on the guess as you can go) Guttanien = Guttannen, BE Kerisan = (no clue right now) Bessa = ( no clue right now) Only the Guttannen was very close. Dave Schmutz ====================================================================Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:46:37 -0400 From: dbricker@cyburban.com To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SWITZ] Mangled Swiss place names The database for the Ellis Island point of entry for immigrants contains place names of their origin, in the case I'm interested in for Swiss citizens by the name of Bruegger, that seem to me to have been written down by English-speaking officials who had no knowledge of locations in Switzerland. Does anyone have a clue as to what the correct name for these places might be? Cynttanen Guttanien Kerisan Bessa Thanks very much. Dale Bricker __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail