This column's focus is John D. and Elizabeth Moser Bösiger. Elizabeth's parents were Johannes and Elisabeth Müller Moser were both born...

An earlier column in this series focused on Abraham and Anna Locher Lugibihl. This column features Abraham and Anna’s daughter, Susan,...

Note the various spellings of Lugibihl in this story. Abraham Lugibihl was born Nov. 11, 1838, in Riley Township. He was the sixth of 10...

There are many men named Christian in this story. We've added "Sr." to the featured couple, Christian, Sr., and Anna Burkhalter Amstutz....

This column’s focus is Christian Sr., and Magdalena Steiner Suter and their children, with a special emphasis on the family of their son,...

Peter Steiner came to America with his parents Christian and Katharina Luginbuhl Steiner in 1835. Click here for a previous column in...

Three Althaus brothers Rudolf, Gotthard and Henry, each born in Landschaft, Bretzwil, Canton Basel, Switzerland, came to the America...

Abraham Steiner was the sixth child of John (or Johann) and Elizabeth Stauffer Steiner, a Mennonite couple both born in Alsace, France....

This column follows Anna Amstutz, born in Switzerland to Michael Amstutz and Barbara Lehman Amstutz. Her first husband, Christian...

Christian Schumacher was born Oct. 7, 1782, in Florimont, Alsace Loraine, France, to Hans and Catharine (Luginbuhl) Schumacher. Christian...

John Bösiger was born in Alsace, France. When he was 23 a close friend, John Steiner – both living in the community of Belfort, France –...

• 2 of their daughter's families: Catherine and David Stauffer, and Elizabeth and John Ulrich Badertscher Peter Neuenschwander, a younger...

An introduction: During his retirement years, Bluffton Swiss genealogist, the late Herb Probst, created a genealogical overview of the...