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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicRohrbach, Lewis Bunker
Title, MonographicIntroductory Guide to Swiss Genealogical Research
Place of PublicationRockport, ME
PublisherPicton Press
Date of Publication2004
Extent of Workvii, 120
Series TitleSwiss American Historical Society Publication
Series Vol. IDNo. 21
AbstractIncludes a brief history of Switzerland, Swiss citizenship and Heimat rights, religions and languages, an overview of Swiss emigration, "Your Research Work in America," types and locations of Swiss records, how to find church records, a glossary of German terms, "Julius Billeter's Swiss genealogical research 1896-1957," Swiss Christian names and nicknames, and women in Swiss records.
NotesIncludes bibliographical references and glossary of German terms
Call NumberMKI CS 983 .R64 2004
MKI TermsGenealogy/ Swiss Americans/ Switzerland