A technical question about Swiss citizenship in the nineteenth century. Is it likely that a widow who remarried would take on the citizenship of her new husband? Here's the story: I have a candidate for my great-great grandmother in Kanton Aargau. She is listed in the village of Obermümpf in the 1837 census as a citizen of Wegenstetten. She may appear in the same village in the 1850 census, remarried to a man with the expected last name, and with the expected quantity of new children. In 1850, the entire family are listed as citizens of Obermümpf. Should I consider the change of citizenship as strong evidence that they are really two different people? Incidentally, her given name appears to be "Rondula," which I have never heard of. Am I mistranscribing a more recognizable name? BTW, I was pleased to find that the 1850 census in this bezirk contains significantly more information than the 1837 census -- including lists of recent emigrants from each town! It also does appear to be a census by the American definition -- i.e., contains at least some outlanders who live in the villages but hold citizenship elsewhere. Harold Harold Henderson, [email protected] on the lookout for HENDERSON, MACRAE, DAVIDSON, JOHNSTONE (Scotland) ANDERSSON/BORING, SVENSSON, STENBERG, JOHANSDOTTER (Sweden); THRALL (New England), JAMES (Wales), FLINT, GEDNEY (Lincolnshire), SCHRIBER/SCHREIBER, JOSS, STAUDENMANN (Switzerland); SCHOLES, MILLS (Lancashire), MOZLEY (Nottinghamshire), VAN NATTA (New Netherlands), BOREN, COCHRAN, LINHART, BLACK (Pennsylvania); BASSETT, COON, BLISS, HUMPHREY, BURDICK, CAMPBELL, CRANDALL, DENISON (New England); & more