SWITZER - A PALATINE FAMILY OF IRELAND

Please note that the errors occurring are mine, and not that of the main contributors. Grant Ruske, Heather Rendall, Pamela Robins, and Harriette Speiran

I feel I should also mention the excellent Web page creation utility incorporated in my Genealogy program, Paladium's Family Gathering" (now known as Ultimate Family Tree)

12/4/99

Much of the Speiran research was done prior to 1980 by Fred Fleming, 749 Commissioners Road W. London, Ontario N6K 1B6. Fred gave Harriette Speiran permission to use his information and expand on it.

I'm sure we all have someone (singular or plural) to thank for data and or encouragement to start on this great jigsaw puzzle.
Olav

Wesley Byron Switzer who researched most of the information on this site, had his own list of acknowledgments. The following, were noted in his 1993 version of "SWITZERS ALL MY FATHERS WERE" (B. Wesley Switzer passed away about a year ago)

• The late Roy Switzer of Kirkton, Ontario, Canada, for introducing me to Michael Schweitzer`s Attestatum, "Passport" and the pages on Switzers from Hank Jones` "Palatine Families of Ireland.

• The late Flossie Switzer Sgariglia of St. Marys, Ontario for supplying family data and introducing me to the late Roy Switzer of Kirkton.

• The late Mrs. Eireen Switzer Burnett of Walnut Creek, California, USA for sending me the Switzer names in the Church of Ireland Registers from Rathkeale, County Limerick, Ireland.

• The late Doctor Friedrich Braun, Heimatstelle, Kaiserslautern, Pfalz am Rhein, Germany, for finding the sons of Michael born in Germany.

• The late Friedrich Binder, Dannstadt, Pfalz am Rhein, Germany, for the Assenheim Village Court Records, Church Records, help, hospitality and general encouragement.

• The late Joe Greene of the Townland of Killiheen, County Limerick, Ireland for permission to photograph the Switzer Armorial Ensign.

• Miss Jean Copeland of Woodham, Ontario, Canda, Secretary of the Blanshard Township Switzer Re - union for supplying family material and the anmes of contact persons among the descendants of John Switzer and Agnes Corneille.

• Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wallace of Mount Hope, Ontario, Canadas, for material on the descendants of Christopher Switzer and Sarah Miller of Bell`s Corners, Ontario, Canada.

• Mrs Stephanie Bond, Germantown, Maryland, USA for her assistance in getting the material on the descendants of James Switzer and Isabella Barr of New Zealand.

• Mr. Craig Sturgeon for his help in programming the computer. To these helpful people and the dozens of others who supplied useful information, I would like to express my sincere appreciation and thanks.

May you find this site useful
Olav Lehmann