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About SwissGenealogy.com

[Genealogie Zentrum Worb]

SwissGenealogy.com is a genealogical center in Worb, Switzerland offering genealogical products together with research and publishing services for both Americans and Swiss. We were established in 2002 by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach CG, following over 30 genealogical years in America. Our library of 12,000 volumes was brought over from America to Worb at the same time. Our concentration is primarily on Canton Bern, Switzerland and its 400 Gemeinden although in future we hope to expand coverage to all 3,000 Gemeinden in Switzerland's 26 cantons.

Our office is at Paradiesweg 5, CH-3076 Worb, Switzerland on the ground floor of a 200-year-old Bauernhaus (above a massive Weinkeller /winecellar for those who care), while the library is located in der Spycher built in 1750 and separated from the farmhouse by a 275-year-old historic Linden tree.

There is ample parking, high-speed Internet access, and the massive library. The library inevitably is heavily about American genealogy (after all, the number of genealogy books in English written on German-speaking lands is quite limited), with a strong sub-sector of English parish records, and a strong German-speaking section. Most books on Swiss genealogy ever published in English also are included.

If you would like to stop by to discuss a genealogical project, it is necessary that you contact me ahead of time for an appointment.

Worb is a truly wonderful, quiet, market town of 10,000 located ten miles east of Bern, with a distant view of the Swiss Alps. It has two train lines which run directly from Worb to Bern, one of which terminates in Bern's Hauptbahnhof. Departures during most days are every 15 minutes and the ride takes only 24 minutes for each of the lines. Since Worb and Bern are at each end of the two rail lines it's not possible to get lost.

Worb has a large Schwimmbad with four swimming pools, a truly superior brewery , an ice skating rink, two hotels (zum Löwen and der Sternen), two Schloss, four banks, many stores and restaurants, etc. The Gemeinde web site is well worth visiting.

About Lewis Bunker Rohrbach, CG:

Certified Genealogist # 111, 1971 to the present, Board for Certification of Genealogists

Prize-winning author/editor of, among others:

Rohrbach Genealogy, 1970

Rohrbach Genealogy Vol II, 1977

Rohrbach Genealogy Vol III, 1982

Höffelbauer Genealogy 1585-1983, 1983

Boston Taxpayers in 1821, ed. 1992

Men of Bern: The 1798 Bürgerverzeichnisse of Canton Bern, Switzerland (3 vol), ed. 1999

The Salzburger Expulsion Lists, ed. 1999

Even More Palatine Families (3 vol) together with Henry Z Jones Jr. FASG, 2002, of which Volume 2 by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach is: The 1710 Swiss and German Settlers of New Bern, North Carolina

Swiss Surnames: A Complete Register, commonly known as Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz, ed. of expanded CD-Rom edition 2004.

Introductory Guide to Swiss Genealogical Research, 2004

Recipient of:

Maryland Historical Society's Parker Genealogical Competition First Prize, 1970

The American Society of Genealogists' Donald Lines Jacobus Award as author of best genealogical work published, 1995

The National Genealogical Society's Award of Merit in recognition of distinguished work in genealogy, 1995

The Swiss American Historical Society's Paroz award, 2002

Life Member of The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Maine; The Swiss American Historical Society; The Pennsylvania German Society; The National Genealogical Society; The Maine Genealogical Society; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; and many others.

Founder and Publisher of Picton Press, one of America's most prestigious genealogical publishing companies.

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