Our Eicher and Wagner ancestors (and their ancestors) came from two main areas in France and Switzerland. In France they came from the Belfort, Frenche-Comte region of France (red dot above). In Switzerland they came from Bern (blue dot above) and the closely surrounding areas.
Surrounding Towns that we come from: (Taken from FamilySearch--from our closest ancestor back to the mid-1600s)
Switzerland:
Oberdiessbach
Rothenbach
Schwarzenegg (modern day map came up with Unterlangenegg)
Frutigen
Aeschi
Huttwil
Saaen
Lutzelfluh
Eggiwil
Signau
France:
Fontaine
Belfort
Montbeliard
Aspach
Rougemont
Photos from the Bern area:
Photos from the Belfort, France area:
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