The
main content of this site is the genealogy of the old Obergommer families. Obergommer
= people of Obergoms. The Obergoms is
the uppermost valley of the Rhone river,
in the eastern extremity of the Swiss canton Valais.
History
The
people of Obergoms belonged to a German speaking community, which colonized
between the 8th and
12th century first Obergoms and then
other areas of the eastern Valais. From there they began to spread
south and east between the 13th and 15th century, which is known
as the Walser migration.
They preferred to settle in the highest valleys too inhospitable for
the Roman Celtic
inhabitants. Only in Valais the German speaking community conquered
later also lower areas. There they ousted between the 14th and the
15th century all feudal landlords
and
build
an independent
state. First with a bishop as their head, after 1613 a so said "Landeshauptmann"
(President of the "Republik Wallis", in French Valais).
In the 17th and 18th century the most important export market for
to create income
was mercenary.
At the end of the 18th century the waves of the French revolution
ended
the Wallis independence. For a short time Valais became a French department
and since 1815 Valais belongs to Switzerland.
Genealogy
As
families names in our sense didn’t exist before
the 14th century and documents are incomplete - the Obergommer
family trees starts within the 14th and 18th century. But we can assume
that
all
of them are linked via mothers or fathers with the mentioned alpine
settlers.
On this website you will find the genealogical data of all old, not
extinct Obergoms families. That are the Andereggen,
Anthenien, Aufdereggen, Bacher, Bellwalder, Biderbost, Blatter from
Ulrichen, Blatter from Reckingen, Carlen, Chastonay from Biel, Eggs,
Frankiny,
Garbely,
Guntern, Hagen, Hallenbarter,
Hauser, Hischier, Holzer, Hutter, Imahorn, Imfeld, Imhof, Imoberdorf,
Imsand, Imwinkelried, Jergen, Jerien,
Jost, Kaempfen,
Kiechler, Kraft,
Kreuzer, Lagger, Michlig,
Minnig, Mueller, Nessier, Pfefferle, Ritz, Rovina, Schmidt,
Senggen, Steffen, Thenen,
von Riedmatten, Walpen, Walther,
Weger, Werlen,
Zehner, Zeiter and Zumoberhaus.
Where
they lived  View
of Obergoms (64 K).
With exception of the Imwinkelried, Walpen and major elements
of the von Riedmatten, the mentioned genealogies are accessible
to public for the very first time. Researches and build up required
a
huge amount of time and also
some money.
So please RESPECT THE COPYRIGHT:
As long as you only use or publish genealogical
data of your own family tree, it's all FREE and without restrictions.
The definition of "own family tree" and other terms
of use, see Impressum.
Add your own data
In principle our research and build up, stretches from the 14th
to
the
19th century. If you provide us data regarding this time, we will publish
free also your data about the 20th and 21 century. In all other
cases, you have
to pay for. Not to us, bad directly to a parish of Obergoms for
the maintenance of an old sacral building. Details see in German.
In other languages details on request.
Print service
If you are not familiar with printing genealogical data, you can profit
from our Print Service. So you can also support our researches.
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Publisher and responsible for content:
Franco Werlen
Rosenweg 4
Ch 4153 Reinach BL / Switzerland
info@www.obergommer.ch
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The Obergoms, in late September. A valley modelled
by the Rhone Glacier.
Ober = Upper. Goms = derive from a Roman-Celtic word for "shell".
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