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From: Gray Matters <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Entering places from Switzerland?
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 22:25:30 -0500
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010801111108.00a1ba60@mail.earthlink.net>


I'm not an expert on Swiss genealogy, but I lived in Switzerland for some
years. The Swiss cantons are basically federated states. You could put it
in either the state or the county slot--the result would be the
same: bigger than a city, smaller than a country. However, there is both a
city of Basel and a canton of Basel (just to make things more confusing...).

Martha Grenzeback


At 11:38 AM 01-08-2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Please forgive my ignorance about this subject, but I'm now researching my
>father's side of the family and this is the first time I'm having to use
>places other than in the US. Both sets of his grandparents came to the US
>in the very late 1800's or very early 1900's. Both sides are of German
>descendant but neither side were living in Germany when they
>immigrated. His maternal grandparents were Volga (Russia) Germans, and
>I've found how a pretty clear explanation of how to enter those places in
>my database. So that one is not a problem
>
>But his paternal grandparents came from Basel, Switzerland. This is what
>I need help on. I know Basel is considered a Canton, but what is the
>equivalent of a Canton? Is it like a city, county, or state?
>
>Debbie Schnell Woolard
>(Yes, my Schnell's were the ones from Basel)
>
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