Gruetzi! Green County Cheese Days Ambassador Jana Duval Crandall here with a bit about my family roots in Green County – dating back to the mid 1800's. For this month's article I'll share some background about the genealogy and proud Swiss heritage of my ancestors.

The first generation in the United States from the Blum side of my family was Fridolin and Dorothea Stuessy Blum, who immigrated here in 1853 and were running a successful farm several years later. Of their eight children, my story continues with their son, Edward Jacob, who married Anna Schindler in 1893. Edward and Anna had...