NOTES

    The early spelling Ischi, used uniformly in Switzerland, became Ischy in Texas.  Thus, for the immigrants especially, the records displayed here may not be entirely uniform about the spelling.

    Wives are listed under their married names, with the family name appearing second to last.  So, in these listings, Margueritte Elizabeth Ischi, née Urfer,  appears as Margueritte Elizabeth Urfer Ischi.

    An umlauted vowel, e.g., ü, is often rendered by the addition of an 'e'.   Thus ü may be spelled as 'ue'.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

    Especially the extensive work of Betty Sue Foy in collecting and compiling the family histories.

    Information and stories saved and shared among many cousins that are the Texas Ischy's.

    The Church Records of the L.D.S Family History Center, in particular FHL Microfilm numbers:                          10044681-5, 1046500, 1048109, 2005539, 2005578, 2005651-3, 2005655-6, and 2005774-5.                                     [See http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp for detailed library catalog entries for these microfilms.]

    Ship Passenger Lists, U.S. National Archives and Records.

    Generous co-operation, prior to microfilm records becoming available, of numerous respondents for the Staatsarchives of the Swiss Cantons.

    The kind permission of Tourismus Laupenamt and of the photographer Samuel Santschi to use the photograph of Gümmenen Bridge for the home page.