Sources

     Our search for our roots began around 1993 and has been off and on again since. It would be difficult to describe the extent of the effort expended on this search during that time as either highly rigorous or exhaustive (although at times it has indeed been exhausting). More to the point, documentation of sources for individual entries has not been recorded. Thus, although we know who contributed relevant information to our database, we cannot in all cases now identify the source of the data for a given individual.

     A particular note of thanks is due Tamara (Studer) Matti. In connection with the 2000 Siegenthaler family reunion in Switzerland, Tamara compiled the most comprehensive and extensive genealogy of the descendants of Hans (b. 1595) and Elsbeth (Schönholzer) Siegenthaler that we had seen to that time. We were able to assist her on the American descendants, which many of our cousins and siblings had previously helped us with. But Tamara has more than re-paid us with the wealth of information on the Swiss descendants, particularly those of Gottfried's (b. 1863) siblings.

     Of all our sources  –  besides the two pictured above  –  the following should be noted here:

• "Thru the Years - The Siegenthaler and Perollaz Families" by Bertha Louise (Siegenthaler) Lindsey (This document got us started in our genealogy pursuits!)
• "Stammbaum - Siegenthaler" compiled by Tamara (Studer) Matti
• Jane (Wenner) Dinger, at an August 1995 gathering of daughter Sigrid, grandson Nicholas, nieces Janet, Nancy and Kathy, and nephews Frank and Dick.
• Toni Siegenthaler, our second cousin once removed, born in Saanen, BE, Switzerland
• Many of our cousins and siblings, particularly Nancy (Wenner) Witmer and Kathy (Wenner) Palmer
• 50th anniversary (Gottfried and Susanna (Perrollez) Siegenthaler) newspaper article dated April 25, 1940 (from the Utica Observer Dispatch or Utica Daily Press)
• The Mormon website, FamilySearch.org, including data from Walter Hirsbrunner, and several online family trees on Ancestry.com  including Bell, Chapman, Kinosha, Wirick-Hendrick-Geiser, Gallagher, My Advancing Family Tree, and Siegenthaler/King/Koenig and Related Families. And some family trees on RootsWeb including Mikayla Mineer, Klein-Hentshel-Inwood-Lucas, and Swiss Family.
• Heinz Siegenthaler (from Rüeggisberg, BE, Switzerland), who, after visiting this site, provided us with another version of the Trub Siegenthaler coat-of-arms (click on visible coat of arms on home page) and offered additional information on the name, Siegenthaler (see This & That). Heinz also provided his lineage, which progresses from Hans (1595) through Hans' son, Ulrich, and on. (He turns out to be our eighth cousin once removed.)
• Arturo Siegenthaler (from Neuquén, Argentina), who provided his branch, which emanates from Christian Siegenthaler (b. 1628), a son of Hans (1595). He also submitted a version of the Siegenthaler coat-of-arms accessible via the home page. It was Arturo's great-great-grandmother, Anna Wüthrich (b. 1825), who immigrated with her children to Argentina.
• Markus Siegenthaler (from Biberist, SO, Switzerland), who presented his Stammbaum to us in a very attractive format.   In discussing his pursuit of genealogy he includes the quotation: "Du lebst solange, wie der Letzte der sich an Dich erinnert." (You live as long as the last one who remembers you.)
• Just Cuz!, a compilation by Barbara (Kinne) Wheeler of stories, reflections, and remembrances by her cousins about their families, parents and grandparents, Gottfried and Susanna Katharina Siegenthaler. (For the English-second-language reader, the title is a play on the word cuz, which is an apocopation (shortening) of both cousins and because. "Just because!" is the final reason offered by someone who is trying to explain or justify something and has run out of (or never had) good reasons.)
• Gabi (Siegenthaler) Caduff (from Ascona, TI, Switzerland) has been very helpful by providing significant information on many individuals from Schangnau and from Trub as well as answering several questions we had on individuals in the database. She also provided the Schangnau Siegenthaler coat-of-arms (click on visible coat of arms on home page).
• Others making contributions of note include the following: Martin Siegenthaler, Gustavo Strümple Dhont, John Siegenthaler and daughter, Lili,  Barbara Lewis, Sarah Amador, Jerry Siegenthaler, James Bradley, Andrea Knagenhjelm (in Norway) and Bob Heller. Our apologies to anybody we have overlooked.