Cynthia in the World

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Hi!!!! I am Cynthia Hunn. My mother is Hungarian, her name is Edit Hunn. My father is Swiss, his name is Daniel Hunn. I have a little sister, she's 5 years old and her name is Sabrina. I am 8 years old. I lived in many places, in Switzerland, Hungary and Uzbekistan. Now, we are living in NYC, but only for another month. Then we are going to Moscow. In Moscow, we might get a cat OR dog. I hope y...

AMERICA! AMERICA! EXHIBITION OPENS IN ZURICH

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America! America!

Over the centuries the land of unlimited possibilities has attracted the majority of Swiss emigrants. Since 1800 some 400'000 persons or 70 percent of all Swiss emigrants chose the U.S. for their new homeland. Currently some 1,2 million U.S. citizens have Swiss roots.

Compared to the millions of immigrants from Ireland, Italy or Germany and their descendants ...

Opening address of Professor Dr. Leo Schelbert, Chicago, in occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Small Number - Big Impact" at the Swiss National Museum, March 2nd 2007

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Having travelled all the way from Chicago I deem it an honor and a privilege to assist at the opening of the special exhibition «Small Number - Big Impact». An honor, because I am trusted to represent the more than 600'000 Swiss who live or work abroad. A privilege, because the opening gives me the opportunity to thank in public a number of personalities. First...

RHEIN CLUB BASEL STILL EXISTS!

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Wow, interesting story.....when and how did you great grandfather came to the U.S.?......I just found some info regarding your great grandfather, Louis Grossholz. You are right, I was one of nine "men" who founded 1883 the rhine club. there is lots of historical info on the rhein club's website, www.rcbasel.ch (see parts of the founding history below....it is in german though)...i also have c...

Uncle Theo

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I am not the only Suter from Muotathal living in the United States. Four brothers of my grandfather immigrated to the States (Portland, Oregon, and St. Louis, Missouri) in the early 1920s because of economic reasons.

My American Suter family has always had close ties to their Swiss ancestry. I remember many visits from all my different second-, third-, and fourth-grade cousins. One of the rea...