----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Thalmann" <p.thalmann@comcast.net> > Forwarded message: > I live in the USA and have been researching my Swiss roots: > > My grandfather listed Waengi Th as his Heimatort and sure enough I found > the > entire family listed in the church records for Waengi. But then I > couldn't > find my great-grandfather until I stumbled upon him being listed as being > from nearby Sirnach. Does this mean that my great-great-grandfather was > born in Sirnach thus my great-grandfather was listed in Sirnach BUT my > Great-grandfather was actually born in Waengi thus my grandfather listed > Waengi as his Heimatort? Is this the way it works? I ask because I now > can't find my ggg-grandfather in the Sirnach listings and I now suspect > that > I will have to search another nearby town. > > Thanks... Pete > >