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Looking for family roots in St. Galen
Category: Living in the U.S.
Date: Jul 21, 2008
User: Sue Joyce

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My family immigrated to St. Louis in the late 1800's.  Their names were "Rinderer".  Cities they may have been from are St. Galen and Neuchatel.  I'm more inclined to believe they were in the German-Swiss part of the country though because my mother's first language was German. 

I have tons more names and information and can be reached atrgkilian@email.phoenix.edu,rgjq@myway.com, or

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USA Trip on Swiss TV
Category: Travel
Date: Jul 20, 2008
User: ruben

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For all of you who understand German, a reporter from 10vor10 travelled through the USA and filed this story:









USA-Serie - Der erfolgreichste Prediger

Was bewegt die Amerikaner 4 Monate vor der Wahl eines neuen Präsidenten? Stephan Klapproth begegnete an den verschiedenen Stationen seiner Reise durch Amerika den unterschiedlichsten Menschen und sprach mit ihnen über Gott und die Welt. Im ersten

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Josie

Category: Heritage
Date: Jul 19, 2008
User: JosFolkins

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I am a 40 year old mother of three gorgeous daughters, 21, and the identical twins are 12.  I have been researching my lineage and it dates back to Switzerland.  I am attempting every road that will lead me to find out where my ancestry originates.  I am doing this for my girls, so they will know, I grew up not knowing and I hated it.  I have led a very interesting life, and I hope it continues that

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Mom was born in Adelboden
Category: Heritage
Date: Jul 13, 2008
User: doreen

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My Mom , Rosa Kunzi was born in Adelboden, Switzerland in 1931 ,,she lived their with her family til she was 6, then her parents Giligan ans Susanna (Jungen) moved the family to Fort St John, B.C. ,Canada to avoid the air bombing that was going on at the time,,They road the big ship , the Montcalm to Canada, 3 weeks later they arrived. Mom remebers her litte sister Lydia learn to talk and walk while

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Off to Switzerland
Category: Travel
Date: Jul 9, 2008
User: bapeloquin

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My Mother (Trena), Aunt (Claudia) (they are half-sisters), Uncle (Steve - Claudia's husband) and I (Brett) are off to Switzerland for our first visit to see the country and to visit relatives in the Meiringen area.  Both my maternal great grandfather and great grandmother came from this area to the United States in about 1906.  Looking forward to this visit.  We are flying in and out of Zurich, renting

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