----- Original Message ----- From: "Gygli Y." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:56 PM Subject: Re: Family Theiler > Hello Jeanine, > > I can understand your frustration about finding the parents of Friedrich and > decided to help you. > > Today I searched in the Archives in Berne and found the following in the > Baptism Records of Spiez in Canton Berne:- > > Child: Friedrich born 27 July 1866 in Spiez > Baptised 26 August 1866 in Spiez > > Father: Johannes Theiler, son of Christian Theiler > Mother: Maria Theiler, daughter of Johannes Theiler > Married 25 November 1859 > > Hope this is what you are looking for. > > Best wishes. > > Yvonne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Canton Bern Birth Record Assistance Needed > > > > In a message dated 9/16/2002 4:02:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] (Jeanine Theiler) writes: > > > > > > > As a new Switzerland researcher I am not sure where to begin. Am > searching > > > for birth records for Frederick Theiler, b. July, 1866, probably Canton > > > Bern, who emigrated to the US and married Elise Zeller b. 20 NOV 1890. I > > > have HER parents, but not Fredericks. Can someone point a newcomer to > > > sources? > > > > Hello Jeanine: > > The critical piece of information is obviously the name of the town where > > Frederick was born. Have you already checked his > immigration/naturalization > > records, marriage record, cemetery records, obituary, and death > certificate? > > If you know the name of the Church where Frederick was a parishioner, or > the > > schools his children attended, those records might contain information. > If > > Frederick was active in Swiss/German activities in the town in America > where > > he lived, sometimes histories of those organizations with biographies were > > written, and might be available in the local library or historical > society. > > If he was involved in any land or real estate transactions, the > application > > papers might contain the name of the town where he was born, and might be > > available in the County Recorder's office. Do you have any family Bibles > or > > other family records (old letters, pictures from Switzerland with the > > photographer's ID, etc.) that might list the town name? If you find > nothing, > > the search can be daunting, but you can look up the name in the on-line > Swiss > > Surname Directory to see the towns where that surname appears. > > (Unfortunately, this Directory is unavailable until about October or > > November.) You can also click on the link below for additional help. > There > > is a tremendous amount of information here, which should help your search. > > <A HREF="http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/search-m.htm">Swiss Genealogy on the > Internet</A> > > > > Also, there is the LDS site, which may be helpful: > > <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/">Family History Center</A> > > > > Good luck with your search! > > Paul C. Miller > > > > > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > > Resource Site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~chewgw > > >