Hi everyone, I'm new to this board and somewhat new to genealogy. My g-g-g-grandfather immigrated to the US from Switzerland. I have two questions. 1) Is the name Jacob in America the same as Jakob in Switzerland? I belive that I found him and other generations, but the name has been changed. Any ideas on how to be sure they are the same person? and 2) The LDS Family Search web site lists them as being from "Rapperswil, Bern, Switzerland" I can't seem to find a Rapperswil, does it have a different name now? Thanks for any info, Julie --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now