> Von: Dianne [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Samstag, 17. August 2002 16:32 > > In Melchnau Church records from 1709-1724, there are men & > women with the surname of Zinck. > Ulli Zinck, Barbara Zinck married t Emanuel Grog, Elsbeth > Zinck married Hans Grog of Thunstetten, her parents were > Hans Zinck & Maria Pluss, and there was a Melcher Zinck. > But when I looked on the "Men Of Bern" list of 1798, > the name Zinck does not appear. Does this mean they had > all died and the name was no more, or that they had all > moved from Canton Bern by 1798? > > Dianne & Ken More likely just the spelling has changed: spellings were not as constant then as they are today. Zinck is not mentioned by Familiennamenbuch either - but ZINGG is, with several citizenships in canton Bern - incl. Busswil near Melchnau. On http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/kibu/bekb_b-b.htm you'll learn that people from this Busswil would attend the church in Melchnau: check the records for around 1798 to confirm this asumption. Best regards - Wolf