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This is a baptismal certificate for Maria (Mary) Schuetz, the daughter of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne,…

This is a baptismal certificate for Friedrich Schuetz, the fourth child of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne,…

This confirmation certificate comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. Born in 1840 in Ruegsau, Switzerland, Anna Parli was 16 at Confirmation. She married…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal or confirmation notice for Gottlieb Schuetz written out as keepsake of the baptismal or…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is most probably a confirmation notice for Gottlieb Schuetz the sponsor wrote as keepsake of the…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice from Parli family to Schuetz's second daughter Elize sponsors wrote as keepsake…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice from Parli family to Schuetz's second daughter Elize sponsors wrote as keepsake…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice Anna Parli's sponsor wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices…

This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice Anna Parli's sponsor wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices…

Baptismal cards were probably used in combination or in lieu of the traditional baptismal notices (Taufzettel) from the sponsors. The godparents would buy a card, write in their name and date and present it to the family of the child on the day of…