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From: "John Knarr" <>
Subject: Re: "Canton" defination anyone?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:36:35 -0500
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There are marvelous Web resources to answer questions such as this.
You can surf Switzerland by going to www.yoodle.ch
At www.gov.ch/CantonE.HTM one finds a listing of the 26 Swiss Cantons, year
founded, abbreviations. official language, main city, etc.
Also at www.about.ch/cantons
Go to http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/history.html for "Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Swiss History, But Were Afraid to Ask."
This is just a small sampling of available helpful Swiss websites for maps,
history, tourist info, commerce, geneaology. Internet search engines will
find dozens more. The Cantons & cities in Switzerland have their own
websites. Don't forget...the WWW was created not too long ago by a scientist
in Switzerland <g>.

--John Knarr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph E. Tewksbury" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:14 AM
Subject: "Canton" defination anyone?


> I am unfamiliar with the Swiss term "Canton". Is there a resource that
> explains the system that we know in the U.S. as townships, villages,
county,
> state, etc...
>
> The ancestors of Frederick Garver b:1761 were said to come from Canton
> Berne. Is Canton an equivalent of our counties?
>
> Ralph
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