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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View PostI'm useless with Swiss names so it could be spelt either way ??? thanks Elaine .
Nou is new in French and kirk, well a kirk is a church?
I don't know what the place is officially known as.Elaine
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Anything in FamilySearch?
Just in case it's escaped anyone, French and German are the dominant languages in Switzerland, followed by Italian and Romantsch.
I reckon the census does say "Neukirk" - the join (faintly) appears to come from the bottom of the first letter of what would be "eu", unlike "ou" in the line above. It's possible that the enumerator didn't really grasp how it would be spelt and made a guess on the basis of pronunciation.
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