Von: Richard Heli[SMTP:heli@best.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Februar 1998 22:59 An: webpages-l@genealogy.net Betreff: Re: updated Swiss pages
Hi Wolf,
I have also changed some names in English - could you, please, check once more (can't find your last mail on this).
Yes, you missed Solothurn.
I'll make a note of this (hope not to loose it again)
I suspect, but will have to search more thoroughly, that English uses Freiburg.
I'll wait for your confirmation : as the tendency seems to be to use the name used locally I would suspect, however, that we should stick to Fribourg, as the canton is dominated by the French speaking population.
Also, I have found at least one history book which uses Grey Leagues instead of Graubuenden. I need to research further to find out how common this is however.
This certainly sounds weird to me : I'm not sure how the name was created, but seem to recall that "Grau" had nothing to do with the colour grey - I'll check this.
Rick
Best regards - Wolf