Author Topic: Vevay, Switzerland  (Read 799 times)

Offline sandiego04

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Vevay, Switzerland
« on: Monday 26 March 12 06:06 BST (UK) »
Hello, I have an ancestor who died in Vevay, Switzerland in 1870.  I have the exact date, how can I find out if there is a newspaper obituary in a Swiss newspaper. (then someone to translate if it is in Swiss ;)  Many,  many thanks!

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Re: Vevay, Switzerland
« Reply #1 on: Monday 26 March 12 06:36 BST (UK) »
f you're very lucky, you might find something in this online newspaper archive, but it doesn't cover all the possibilities:

http://www.letempsarchives.ch

Vevey is in the canton of Vaud, and the cantonal archives are at Lausanne: http://www.patrimoine.vd.ch/fr/archives-cantonales/accueil/ - I had a quick look, but didn't find anything obvious about which (if any) newspapers they might have archived there.

Local newspapers for Vevey will be in French.

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ANT: Nesbit, Potts; CHS: Gosling (Hazel Grove/Lymm), Hinton (Lymm), Johnson (Hazel Grove), Marsland (Hazel Grove), Massey (Daresbury), Sorton (Warmingham); LAN: Jackson, James, Potts (Manchester/Salford); MAY: Caulfield, Griffin (Leveelick); SAL: Goodwin, Johnson (Bridgnorth), Gregory (Wellington); STS: Goodwin, Gregory, Johnson (Wolverhampton); Hallett (Trysull); SOM: Dowding, James, Jones (Bath)

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Re: Vevay, Switzerland
« Reply #2 on: Monday 26 March 12 17:57 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much!!