

John Ulrich Amstutz, an early entrepreneur
This column features one of the most interesting Bluffton-Pandora area Swiss immigrants, John Ulrich Amstutz, and this column is a...
Oct 13, 2021


Three children of Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer
1st in a 2-part series on the children in this family Note: This column is in two parts. It follows three children whose parents were...
Oct 13, 2021


Three children of Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer
2nd in a 2 part series featuring these three children This is the second part of a two-part series on the three children of Johannes and...
Oct 13, 2021


Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser
Special focus on Rev. John and Anna Lehmann Moser This column features the Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser family, with a special emphasis...
Oct 12, 2021


Christian and Katharina Steiner Luginbuhl
We have identified our community as Swiss pioneers, but find many of our ancestors came to American from France and we need to go further...
Oct 12, 2021


Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher
Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher and family are this week’s focus. Karl, the youngest of five children, was born to Ulrich and Anna Walti...
Oct 12, 2021


Luginbuhl and its many variations
Note the variation spellings of “Lugibuhl” in this family. Two Lugibuhl brothers came to our community from Wayne County, Ohio, after...
Oct 12, 2021


John F. and Barbara Habegger Steiner
John F. Steiner married Barbara Habegger on March 15, 1832, in France. John was also known as “Buchwald Hans” because of the area where...
Oct 12, 2021
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