I Need Help Getting Copies of Swiss Digital Images that are in the FSL

RickLeyes

Dear Friends,

I am new to your group and have been directed to you by a consultant at FamilySearch. I am told that some of you live in the SLC area and might be able to help with a research need that I have. There are two documents that were formerly on microfilm that have no been digitized. They are restricted to use, but can be viewed and copied at the FSL. I am told that they can be accessed without appointment and that their contents can be copied to a flash drive. I can provide a new flash drive and reimburse expenses incurred. These documents pertain to my ancestral family in Switzerland. They are:

Gerber family of Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland, 1652-1919, Collection/Shelf International B1 Floor Film, Film No. 388812, Image Group No. (DGS) 8252707

Tabulated on family group sheet, Collection/Shelf International B1 Floor Film, Film No. 422456 Item 1, Image Group No. (DGS) 9009559

I don't know how much of these films can be copied, but I need as much as possible on my Gerber family.

Thank you for your consideration.

Rick Leyes

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Áine Ní Donnghaile

I usually recommend checking Cyndi's List for a researcher based in Salt Lake.

Very few of us are based in SLC. I live near the #2 Genealogy Library in the USA. I checked, but my library does not hold a copy.

WSeelentag

Hello Rick,

I cannot help you directly with your request (live in Switzerland 😉) and hope someone else can step in, but just two comments:

Schangnau church records can be viewed from home at the Bern State Archive (scroll down and the click on the +): the digitization was done about 30 years ago (I believe) and image quality is not up to the more modern digital images viewable at familysearch today - but often sufficient.

A few people interested in this family are discussing it on Gerber von Schangnau BE: so far only in German. The forum is trilingual (German, English, French), so you may have to cope with posts in German - but if you want to ask questions, English is fine! Registration is free and without any obligation.

Good luck with your research - WSeelentag (it doesn't seem to be allowed to mention my given name as it is not part of my alias)

Kent Gardiner

Hi Rick, In the past I have been very fortunate and have called the FH Library and asked to speak with a missionary in the European section. I told them where I lived, my dilemma and sweetly asked if someone could look up and email me a digital copy of the record I needed. This isn't something they are required to do but often there are generous souls who will help you. It is worth a try.

If you find a record, as directed by WSeelentag, I would copy the record and have it translated using DeepL. It is free and excellent.

Good luck. KG

Ashlee C.

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Debra Palmer01

Hello @RickLeyes,

You said, ". . . These documents pertain to my ancestral family in Switzerland. They are:

Gerber family of Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland, 1652-1919, Collection/Shelf International B1 Floor Film, Film No. 388812, Image Group No. (DGS) 8252707

Tabulated on family group sheet, Collection/Shelf International B1 Floor Film, Film No. 422456 Item 1, Image Group No. (DGS) 9009559

I don't know how much of these films can be copied, but I need as much as possible on my Gerber family. . . ."

I will be going to the FamilySearch library around the middle of October and I'm willing to scan some of the pages from the two films you are interested in. I see on a FamilySearch catalog page that the films contain documents compiled by "Billeter" - see URL below. As you probably supposed, the films have copyright, so the number of pages that can be copied is limited. With that in mind, my question is, did the consultant you had contacted, give any suggestions to help you find specific documents in the films that would be especially helpful in your research? This would be helpful to me to get you relevant information about your ancestors and save time. And of course, I would need names and dates for your ancestors.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/173863?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Debra