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Rev. Hans Herrs was an early immigrant to Lancaster County PA. Records indicate he was born in 1639 in Baden, Zurich Canton. His family settled south of present-day Lancaster in 1719 or 1720. The stone house built soon afterwards by his son Christian (but known as the Hans Herr House) still welcomes visitors.

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Hello: I am a Swiss-American,and my American roots go back to the Revolutionary War of America.My grandmother told me that during the Revolutionary War,my family's ancestors' were on the side of the colonists,were Swiss,and fought in the war against the British.That is how we entered the United States;fighting.

All the "Buchers" settled in Lancaster,Pennsylvania,USA,very early,and were nicknamed "The

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I am a grandson of the late Carl Menno Lehman 1915-1998  Bluffton, Ohio (respected retired accountant at what is now Bluftton University 1954-1979).  If I recall the story correctly most of grandpa Carl's grandparents and great grand parents lived in the Emmental area of Switzerland in the Canton of Bern.  Grandpa Carl met at least one of his biological first cousins in Switzerland awhile back when

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I would like to receive information or hear from family members of the Wullschleger Family, especially Aargau, Swizerland. I would also like to hear from other areas of Switzerland where there might be family members.  I live near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and have family in the Pennsylvania and New York states.