HOME Short biography of Peter Wälti [für Deutsch]

My name is Peter Wälti (1943). The native country of my first pre-father named Wälti is located in Rüderswil in the Emmental. I grew up at Lake Brienz in the village of Niederried near Interlaken. The cradle of my hobby, the genealogy, stood in the screed of the house of my youth in form of a carton box with old sales contracts and the love letters of my grand-mother Bertha Amacher-Studer * 1878.

I live with my family in Münsingen since 1979, between Thun and Berne. Since 1981, I am a member of the SGFF (Swiss society for genealogy) and the GHGB (genealogical and heraldic society of Berne).

The genealogy belongs to my most central occupations. Concerning the past of the canton of Berne, I am also interested in archaeology, place science of names, histories of villages, the story of the Anabaptists, population story and so on.

Genealogy for you

If the work you find here appeals to you and you would like to know more about your ancestors of the canton of Berne, then you can hire me as your personal family researcher.

Working area: I investigate the life data and stories of people who had their place of citizenship in the canton of Berne and who were born before approximately 1910. I also translate your documents written in the old German writing.

Research documents (sources): Registers of the church communities and the registry offices as well as documents from the different archives of the canton of Berne (inheriting dividings, hand changes of properties, verdicts of the church courts etc).

Graphic rendition: Family chronicles in the form of source books, genealogies and genealogical tables. You will get reports in form of Word-Doc, Excel or GEDCOM files (prepared with the help of the genealogy program «Ahnenforscher2000»).

Terms of payment: On your enquiry.

Address: You will get further information by: p.waelti@bluewin.ch

Main topics

With this work I hope to infect as many readers as possible with the “bug” of genealogy and to offer a personal and unconventional example for the possible procedure. The content of this page is in the moment:

The Wälti family of Rüderswil and Emmental

You find a part of my family history and the story of the Wälti of Rüderswil as well as their possible connections with Wältis here from other hometowns mentioned below.

The four great-grandparents couples and their ancestors

Under this topic all the ancestors of single persons are treated.

GEDCOM, recorded contents and rules

This chapter includes a list over the entries contained in the GEDCOM and rules

GEDCOM-1 covers 2635 individuals and 800 families related to Wältis of the Emmental Valley

GEDCOM-2 covers only the immediate family and ancestors of Peter Wälti