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SWISS RESEARCH

sneezybr  (View posts) Posted: 13 Mar 2003 3:36PM GMT
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NANCY,
I ALSO AM RESEARCHING SWISS FAMILIES. I SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTACT THE SWISS CONSULANT FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THE PAPERS I HAD I CANNOT FIND BUT
I DO REMEMBER THAT THEY WARN YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED THE TOWN WHERE YOUR ANCESTORS CAME FROM.
ALSO, BURIALS ARE STRANGE. YOU LEASE THE BURIAL PLOT AND IN A HUNDRED YEARS OR SO, THEY DIG UP THE BODIES, INTERN THEM IN VAULTS AND BURY NEW PEOPLE IN THE EMPTY HOLE. CHANCES OF FINDING GRAVES OF YOUR ANCESTORS ARE SLIM AT BEST. CONTACT THE CONSULANT AND THEY CAN ASSIST YOU A LITTLE.

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