An interesting article, HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SKETCH OF THE SWISS MENNONITES..., written by Delbert L. Gratz (1920-2000) can be found in the Ohio Archeological and Historical Quarterly (#282): http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0049282.html&StartPage=282&EndPage=288&volume=49�es=&newtitle=Volume%2049%20Page%20282 (**NOTE** the URL above from http: to 20282 is chopped into pieces, you MUST copy and paste it back together again to get the correct URL) More works on Mennonite and Anabaptist can also be found on the LDS FamilySearch website, some of which have been microfilmed (note the URLs needs to be pasted together again): Anabaptists http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails&subject=314756 Mennonites http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails&subject=314755 And there is a list of Anabaptist/Mennonite surnames on SwissGen's review of Richard W. Davis' book, Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners, volumes 1 & 2: http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/ver/chbull6z.htm Best wishes, Dave Schmutz -----Original Message----- From: Robert and Sue Carpenter [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Bern to Montbeliard Montbeliard was a destination for Anabaptists during the late 1680's and 90's and early 1700's. Most were Mennonites and many came from Switzerland's Kanton of Berne. Robert Carpenter ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: [SWITZ] Bern to Montbeliard Hi List, The recent messages about points of departure, Calvinist, Catholic, etc. has made me wonder. What should it tell me about the religion of my ancestor who moved from the Oberdiessbach area of Bern to Montbeliard, then departed from Hamburg for America in 1752? They were married in 1747 (Bern) and had at least two, probably three children by 1752 whose baptismal records I can't find. I don't understand why they went to Montbeliard first? Phyllis __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com