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pattyb
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posted 03-09-2003 10:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pattyb   Click Here to Email pattyb     Edit/Delete Message
there is a family story about a castle in Swiss. with our family name DeGraffenreid and i wanted to know if that was true.

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pattyb
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posted 03-12-2003 06:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pattyb   Click Here to Email pattyb     Edit/Delete Message
my aunt says she saw the castle on a visit but couldn't find the road to get to it

Peter
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posted 03-13-2003 04:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Pattyb,
not had chance to look for you, but will give it a try this weekend. Ipflo, or some one on the mainland may give you something before I do.

ipflo
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posted 03-14-2003 04:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ipflo   Click Here to Email ipflo     Edit/Delete Message
Hi

I didn't find a castle called DeGraffenreid in Switzerland.

But i have found the following castle connected with the Degraffenreids: schloss Worb, it is the birthplace of the founder of New Bern in North Carolina (Christopher DeGraffenreid) according to http://www.ip-services.com/shipman/Shipman/Shipman/Esther/d29761.htm

Some info on Christopher Degraffenreid you can find on http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/graffenried.html

Info on Schloss Worb you can find on:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/School_Ruefenacht/frmain6.htm (in german)
http://www.burgen.ch/OBJEKTE/worb_2.htm (in german, with good pic)
http://www.swisscastles.ch/Bern/worb.html (in french with many good pics)

On www.altavista.com you can find babelfish with which you can translate the pages.

Merlin
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posted 03-14-2003 06:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Merlin   Click Here to Email Merlin     Edit/Delete Message
I think the correct original familyname would be De Graffenried (or Von Graffenried). -reid would be absolutely untypical for Switzerland, but it is possible that the ending changed over the centuries if the family lived in the US. At least, this family's history is related to castle Worb, but also to Schloss Gerzensee. The later, a 'castle' built around 1700, was in the possesion of Franz Emanuel Anton von Graffenried (1728-1778). You'll find some informations and pictures of this building at

http://www.szgerzensee.ch

Familymembers Von Graffenried (the french version DeGraffenried was used equaly because french was very trendy in the 18th century) also owned the castles of Bümpliz
http://www.swisscastles.ch/Bern/bumpliz.html
and Burgistein
http://www.swisscastles.ch/Bern/burgistein.html
All four castles are situated in the Canton Bern.

Peter
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posted 03-14-2003 02:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter   Click Here to Email Peter     Edit/Delete Message
See .... these guys are brill !

All times are PT (US)

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