A country in western Europe. Federal republic with 26 cantons. Has existed in its present form since 1848, and before that was a loose confederation of states since 1291.
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How to Trace Ancestors to Switzerland
Some of my Zimmerman ancestors emigrated from Switzerland to the United States (Tuscarawas, Ohio) in the mid 1800s. When I find them on U.S. Census records, there are a bunch of other Zimmerman ...
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Request for insight into this marriage certificate (transfer?) in the Nordrhein-Westfalen Archive
Thanks in advance for any insight or research suggestions for understanding this record in the Nordrhein-Westfalen Archive (www.archive.nrw.de).
At the bottom of this post are my specific questions.
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Kollenborn in Romanshorn, Switzerland
It seems that my mother's family, Kollenborn, came from Romanshorn, Switzerland, near the German border and the Bodensee/Lake Constance (Konstanz).
I have found Kollenborn to be an extremely rare ...
