Cathrina Schelligin was baptized on 21 January 1688 in the Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche in Berneck, Vogtei Rheintal, Old Swiss Confederacy. Her baptism record shows that her parents are 2562Hans Schellig and 2563Verona Kallenburgerin, and that she was from nearby Langmoos, a neighborhood about two kilometers northeast of the center of Berneck.1

1688: 1281Cathrina is baptized in Berneck. Full page: 1, 2.1

Modern Langmoos consists of a restaurant and a few scattered buildings near the top of a hill that overlooks Berneck in northeastern Switzerland, just a few kilometers from the Austrian border. A panorama is below. For more information about the Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche in Berneck, see the description in 640Hans Ulrich Geiger's profile since that information won't be repeated here.

A 1694 census shows 1281Cathrina with her family, still in Langmoos:2

1694: 1281Cathrina's family in Langmoos. Full page.2

1281Cathrina married 1281Abraham Geiger on 25 February 1716. For more information about their marriage and their lives together (including their immigration to South Carolina), see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

Sources Cited:

1: Baptismal entry for [1281]Cathrina of Langmoos, baptized 21 January 1688, daughter of [2562]Hans Schellig and [2563]Verona Kallenburgerin. Kirchenbuch 1550-1931, Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche Berneck. FamilySearch (microfilm 939185, images 166 and 167 of 883), accessed 18 April 2018. FamilySearch restricts access to these images, so you can see copies here: 166, 167.

2: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche, Synode Zürich. Bevölkerungsverzeichnisse entries for the year 1694, section for Berneck, subsection for Langmos, page 718, entry for Hans Schellig and Verona Kallenburgerin. FamilySearch (FHL microfilm 1185156, image 376 of 739). FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here.