[1] Prior to this the family name was Bechli, and they lived in Uresbach, Switzerland, near the French border.

[1] The family resettled in the Uckermark as a response to the Edict of Potsdam issued by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.

[1] Frederick William allowed the Huguenots to escape religious persecution that resulted from the Edict of Fontainebleau issued by King Louis XIV of France in October 1685.

[3] A branch of the Bechly family emigrated to the United States in 1852 on the Hamburg barque Elise.

[6] These records helped to establish the historical lineage and interconnection of the different branches of the family.