Got both messages. No, I don't live in Switzerland. But, I was there last August for two weeks. It was the most wonderful experience! I got to go to the village where my great-grandfather Berger was born (Munsingen, Canton Berne) and Maerwil, Canton Thurgau, where my great grandmother was born. My hostess isn't much into genealogy so I didn't get to do some things I would have liked. I saw most of Switzerland, via back roads and small village hotels (wonderful and cheap), went into Italy, Germany, Austria (spent a day and a half there) and of course, Lichtenstein (had to be told when we went in and went out, there are no borders between them and Switzerland and their laws are interchangable. I still can't believe I was really there. Only disappointing thing is the custom (out of necessity) of Swiss graves only being searchable about 25 years. That was a real shock! But after seeing how little level ground there is in Switzerland I can see why they don't want to "waste" it on graves. The Swiss records are a wonder and if ever families are traced to city of origin and if you can read old German they have everything available. I gave up and hired a Swiss researcher who is wonderful and who became a friend in the process.
By the way, I live in Idaho.