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Hallo,
i give you a short inroduction of myself.
My name is Peter Van Nuffel and i'm from Ostend at the belgian coast. My moyher's name is Rüd and here great grandfather is from Switserland Ilanz an to compleet my familytree i'm looking for more info one about here great grandfathers family. Johannes Rüd was born 07/01/1853 in Ilanz and married in 1881 in Belgium with Antonia Helleman. This i found on an AUSZUG i found in the family archive. Can anybody help me with completing my search to find parents and grandparents of Johannes Rüd.

Many thanks in advance ---------------------------
urspr. Titel: Johannes Rüd Ilanz

First of all: welcome to the forum .

Peter Van Nuffel hat geschrieben: Fr 27. Feb 2026, 17:22 Johannes Rüd was born 07/01/1853 in Ilanz ...

A question, however: what is the source for Ilanz - could it be a reading error? At least the Auszug is from Illhart in canton Thurgau, where Rüd have been citizens since before 1800.

Best regards - Wolf

Church records of canton Thurgau have been filmed/digitized by familysearch. The indices are freely accessible (from home) - to view the actual images you have to visit a familysearch centre.

You find the index entry for Johannes Rüd, * 07.01.1853, ≈ 16.01.1853 on https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... 9V?lang=de. In a familysearch centre you can just click on the symbol and view the original record.

Consequently I have re-named your topic and moved it to Thurgau.

Best regards - Wolf

Many thanks, it wil give me the opportunity to go on with my search.

Don't forget to check the Familienbuch (Illhart, Lamperswil) 1787-1954 ... where you (hopefully) will find the entire family.