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Canton Bern (BE) | French and Italian Speaking Cantons (FR,GE,JU,NE,TI,VD,VS) | Central Switzerland (GL,LU,NW,OW,SZ,UR,ZG)
North-East Switzerland (AI,AR,GR,SG,TG) | North-West Switzerland (AG,BL,BS,SH,SO ZH)

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Switzerland in general :

• SGFF : http://www.sgffweb.com/de/webkatalog/privat.htm#familie
  The SGFF website has its link collection related to swiss genealogy.
• Doug Schorey : http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/schori/swiss.htm
  This well known site has (amongst many other things) a "SWISS SURNAME LIST" - giving just the name and an e-mail address for direct contact.
• T. F. Boettger : http://www.geocities.com/tfboettger/swissgen.htm
  List of the former ruling families of the XIII cantons of the old Swiss Confederation and of the allied sovereign countries, as well as the dynastic families having the right of jurisdiction.
• Anthony L'Orsa : http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/bulval-m.htm
  lists some 140 surnames brought to the Bulkley Valley of west central British Columbia (Canada) by Swiss settlers, mostly in the 20th century.
• Robert N. Geiser / OMII Genealogy Project : http://www.omii.org/
  The OMII Genealogy Project stands for Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Genealogy group focusing on mostly Swiss Mennonite descendants. This is a working name as our research spans most of the United States and parts of Canada as families have spread out. Information on a Swiss Mennonite & German Amish genealogy project and access to 3 databases with a total of over 250,000 individuals.
• Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society : http://www.rootsweb.com/~scogsgs/
  200+ Swiss families that immigrated to South Carolina from 1735 to 1773.
• Jeremy Howat : http://www.argbrit.org/
  Swiss Emigration towards Argentina (Though a misleading title, many swiss in Argentina can be found on this website).
• Mennonite Historical Society of Canada : http://www.mhsc.ca/encyclopedia/search.html and http://www.mhso.org/include/mhso.search.page.asp
  A large number of Swiss Mennonite (Anabaptist) families emigrating to Ontario (Canada) may be found using the full text search links cited above.
• Monique François : http://badonpierre.free.fr/salmpierre/mfrancois.html
  Emigration of Mennonites towards "Le Ban de la Roche" in Alsace, including surnames like BACHER, BINGELLI, REDELSPERGER, SOMMER then Emigration of Mennonites from Ban de la Roche towards USA : http://www.bgo.atmedia.fr/mediatheque/publications/princess_augusta.pdf
• Wolf W. Seelentag : http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/ver/chbull6z.htm
  Emigration of Mennonites.
• Jürgen Sterk : http://de.geocities.com/ahnende/emischweiz.html
  Migrations in his family between southern Germany and Switzerland.
• Brian Hershey : http://www.sineart.com/hersheygen/fowsndx.htm
  Many Swiss names including BAR, BINGGELI/BINKLEY, BLANK, BRENDLI, BRENNEMAN, EGLI, ERB, GRAF/GROFF, HERR, HERSCHE/HERSHEY, KAUFFMAN, KUNDIG/KENDIG, LANDIS, MEILI, MYLAN, NEUKOMMET/NEWCOMER, PETER, RAMSEYER, SCHENK, SCHNEBLI, SPORRI, STAUFFER, STEINER, STREIT, WEBER, WENGER, WYMANN, YORDY, and ZIMMERMAN
• Serge de Muller : http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/debalmaine/
  The Comtes de Balmaine family.
• R. Brügger : http://www.delpuente.com/
  The BRÜGGER, BRUEGGER, BRUGGER, DUPONT, DU PONTET, DUPONTET, DEL PONTE, DELPONTE, DUPONT-WILLEMIN, PONT, PONTE and PONTET families in cantons AG, AR, BE, BL, BS, FR, GE, GR, JU, LU, NE, OW, SG, SO, TG, TI, VD, VS, ZH.
• Lukas Wenger : http://gruenenberg.net/gruenenberg
  The database contains information on the Barons ("Freiherren") von GRUENENBERG in the Oberaargau district of canton Bern with connections to many noble families of the late Middle Ages, like von BRANDIS, von HABSBURG, von SIGNAU and von ZOLLERN.
• Juergen Hartmann : http://w1.860.telia.com/~u86011563/index1.html
  Basic information on the HARTMANN family.
• Dr. Mary Neff : http://freepages.genealogy.rootswebcom/~neff/
  For the exchange of NAEF, NAEFF, NÄF, NÄFF, NAFF, NAVE, NEAVE, NEEF, NEF, NEFF, NEVE, etc. genealogy information : several family lines from different Cantons.
• Juergen Sterk : http://de.geocities.com/ahnende/emischweiz.html
  Genealogy mainly in South-West Germany (data on some 30'000 individuals), including emigration to/from Switzerland, especially connections to glass makers in the Entlebuch area (canton Luzern) and their families. Main emigrants' names: STERK, HÖNICKE, HIRT(H), WEISSHAAR, DILGER, SIGWART, SCHMIDT, SCHERZINGER.

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