Genealogy
Where do we come from? What was the economic and social environment in which our ancestors lived? Were our ancestors righteous hard-working farmers? ... or craftsmen? ... rogues?
Heraldry
The Genealogy and Heraldry Society in Bern searches for and publishes family crests from all over Switzerland in the "Family name directory on CD-ROM". Currently about 6000 coats of arms are already registered.
Lectures
- The origin and meaning of our family names
- Economic and social history from 1500 to 1850
- Introduction to heraldry
Events and tours
Organization and supervision of events and tours in connection with family history and origin.
Transcriptions of old documents
Old documents are mostly written in the German Fraktur and German manuscripts, which are not taught at schools in the German-speaking part of Switzerland since about 100 years. I will translate these documents with pleasure for you.
Investigations at civil registry offices and archives
Research on buildings and plots of land.
Book projects
At the moment I am working on the following books:
- Signau
- Schangnau
- Lützelflüh