Volume 1 of Germans to America begins in 1850, at least the one in my library does. I have ancestors who are supposedly born in both Germany and Switzerland, the same people. In one case, she was born in a town on the border, but apparently lived in Switzerland. In another case it looks like sloppy clerical work on the part of a court house clerk. Where did he immigrate to? Have you tried his naturalization records? Ruth At 06:02 PM 8/1/2002 -0600, you wrote: >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:38:41 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [SWITZ] Germans to America lookup request >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hello. > >Can some nice someone here do a lookup for Samuel L. Smith, Jr.? He was >supposed to have emigrated from Switzerland to the US approximately 1819. I >have some information that says he was born in Switzerland and a U. S. Census >that says he was born in Germany. > >Any help would be vastly appreciated. > >Kathryn Great lines people have really said: "It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another," -- George Bush, US President "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -- Bill Clinton, US President "The loss of life will be irreplaceable." -- Dan Quayle, US Vice President "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Al Gore, US Vice President