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A Sequel To The Family History Of John And Anna Von Gunten, Collin S. Van Gunten
A Sequel To The Family History Of John And Anna Von Gunten, Collin S. Van Gunten
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Greetings To All My Family,
This sequel will supplement the family history of my great grandparents, John and Anna von Gunten, which I mailed you in November 1989. A family history is never really completed - it grows and grows and gathers a life of its own. In the past year enough additional material has been generated to justify this sequel.
In that original history I briefly introduced you to Gervais von Gunten, my third cousin, of Bienne, Switzerland. Recently he retired, this permitting him to devote time and money to his avocation - genealogy. Happily for us he has …
A Family History Of John And Anna Von Gunten, Collin S. Van Gunten
A Family History Of John And Anna Von Gunten, Collin S. Van Gunten
Swiss American Historical Society Review
Greetings to All My Family:
The idea of a family history began this year when I attempted to identify my ancestors who preceded John and Anna von Gunten - an attempt to stretch backward the generations of our family tree. Other families overwhelm me with their pedigrees reaching into the 18th, even the 17th, century. So why shouldn't I trace my roots to a greater depth, hoping that our heritage would be revealed
In early 1989 I contacted a prof esmonal genealogist, asking if she would undertake a search of John's lineage. She declined, saying she did not specialize in …