The Canton of Aargau in its present-day boundaries came into existence through the Act of Mediation issued by Napoleon in early 1803. It combined the former Berner Aargau (the part until 1798 administered by Berne), the Fricktal (formerly Austrian territory) as well as Baden and Freiamt (until 1798 under joint administration by several cantons). When your Michael Huber was at one occasion listed as having been born in the Canton of Berne there is a high likelhood that we are talking about the Berner (Bernese) Aargau. From there on you could probably safely concentrate your search on communities in this part of the present-day Canton, mainly Mülligen / Oberkulm / Reinach AG / Unterkulm / Windisch. Peter W. Frey, Hausen (Aargau) -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] <[email protected]> An: [email protected] <[email protected]> Datum: 6. October 2002 15:40 Betreff: [SWITZ] Swiss geography > > Would anyone be able to help me with the following: from the years 1785 >to about 1812, did the Canton of Aargau exist or was it part of the Canton of >Bern? I have been told that my G-g- Grandfather Michael Huber was born in the >Canton of Aargau in 1788 but on one occasion someone listed it as Bern. At >any rate, I have all but given up for finding any info about him without >narrowing the area from which he came. To complicate things,I have been told >that the name Huber is one of the most common names in Switzerland. I would >appreciate and info in reference to the Cantons. Thank you > > > >==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== >Going on vacation? Gone longer than 4 days? Go to >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CHE/SWITZERLAND.html >to unsubscribe >