Dear rnwalker, May be worth your while to get hold of the seminal book on the Göschenertal region of Uri by Georg Kaufmann of Zürich. Of the 1,000+ books in my personal library, this is by far the best bound. In its 324 pages, it manages to cover just about every aspect of GöschenerAlp, Gwüest, Hinter Alp and one or two other valley hamlets. It covers the interlocking family ancestries of the region back into the mid-1600's, Walkers, Baumanns, Furgers, Dittlis and others included. Plus lots of grrrrrreat pics. If interested, it can be ordered thru: ===== Verlag Gisler CH-6460 Altdorf Switzerland/ Schweiz 011 041 874 16 (dial direct) ===== Can't remember the price, Sorry. Probably something around seventy bucks. Text is all in German. Pete Mattli [email protected] [3-ggg's] ================================ Subj: Re:[SWITZ] FHL Microfilms Date: 8/3/2002 4:59:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) Tony and List: This "easy" search is pretty much only for Kt. Uri. The Stammbuch von Uri and its numbering system was prepared over a period of 100 years by 3 different researchers. I have found that my searches of registers from other cantons has not been so easy. I have searched Catholic and Reformed records for areas of canton Berne, and for Porrentruy, in mostly French speaking areas, and there was no numbering system for them. I have my WALKERS back tentatively to the 1600s. However I was told by the archivist at Altdorf last summer when I was in Uri, that the earlier records are largely based on oral tradition, and there is no documentation. I have now to go the FHL films of the church registers of Uri and double check who is child of whom. I have many WALKERS marrying other WALKERS in my line. The majority of my WALKER families were from the Gurtnellen area. Last summer during my visit, I was able through someone who remembered my grandmother's family, to meet some cousins of my mother's who were in their 80s and who remembered my grandmother's and mother's visit to Switzerland in 1925. I would never have found them by myself as there are hundreds of WALKERS in and from Uri. They were very pleased that someone from America remembered the family in Switzerland. Beautiful, beautiful country and people. Hope I can go over again someday. Other names in my WALKER line are: TRESCH, BAUMANN, INDERGAND, DITTLI, FURGER, YOST, ZGRAGGEN, (and possibly ZWYSSIG from 1589), all old Urner names. Regards, "rwalker" ================================== >Tony Flecklin wrote: > It has been voiced many times to check the FHL microfilms on a > surname to see what has been collected. Maybe some people are not > completely familiar as to what some of the microfilmed records > contain. The following example of an actual entry could be of > some help. This entry has been translated from the German Script > (to the best of my ability) of one of my distant relative. > - - - - - - - - > This is taken from the Stammbuch/Stammregister of the Ziegler > Familie from Kt. Uri. Remember that all children (male and female) > are listed with their parents. Only the male who marries continues on > with the surname. Married females will appear with their husband's > family surname. > > This is the first line: > " 50 29b Balz (Bauen) u. Anna Josefa Imhof 28 VI 1781 " > Explanation: The 50th recorded Ziegler male to be married is the > 2nd (b) child of parents listed at #29. His name is Balz > (Balthasar) from Bauen and he married (u.) Anna Josefa Imhof on 28 > July 1781.