One of my grandfathers was Harman Horlbeck Geiger, SC>GA. He is related to the Geigers who lived around Micanope, Alachua Co, FL. On one of the Jasper Co, Ga census records, his name is spelled Gigger. I assume it was spelled this way because it was pronounced like "Tigger." Another cousin who is researching Geigers told me she has often heard it pronounced "Geeger" in SC. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Pronunciation > That's the pronunciation I grew up with, too, and my grandma from > Lafayette/Dixie Co. never corrected anyone. But recently an older cousin > said G'ma herself always said "Gigger" (rhymes with "Tigger" - <g>). > > Anne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Cardner <[email protected]> > > > > Hi Anne, > > Am I the only one that pronounces it like it rhymes with "tiger"?? I know > > the ones the Ocala area today also make it sound like "tiger". I never > > heard it any other way. > > Sydney > > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject and the body of the message. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

That's the pronunciation I grew up with, too, and my grandma from Lafayette/Dixie Co. never corrected anyone. But recently an older cousin said G'ma herself always said "Gigger" (rhymes with "Tigger" - <g>). Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Cardner <[email protected]> > Hi Anne, > Am I the only one that pronounces it like it rhymes with "tiger"?? I know > the ones the Ocala area today also make it sound like "tiger". I never > heard it any other way. > Sydney

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> <I know the Latin <words and the German expression but how to pronounce a Latin word in <English - like hypocaustum and praefurnium. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >From an old English dictionary: 1) HIP (as in ship, lip, sip, rip) UH COST'M (as in lost) or can be HYPE (as in pipe, ripe): space under the floor in ancient Roman bldgs. into which hot air was piped .. to warm the rooms. 2) PREE (as in tree) FURN (as in fern, burn) IUM - my guess; can't find this one. The heat source, maybe? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <the Public Library at Dansville, NY, >about an hour south of Rochester, NC, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm guessing you mean New York?

Hi Anne, Am I the only one that pronounces it like it rhymes with "tiger"?? I know the ones the Ocala area today also make it sound like "tiger". I never heard it any other way. Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Berneck, SG, SWT webpage. > How true! And I have a question for you, Roland: > > Can you tell us the exact pronunciation of GYGER in olden times? I know it > was close to GIGG-ER (as in wig or big), but I couldn't get it right no > matter how many times I tried. Most of our southern GEIGERS seem to > pronounce it that way, in spite of spelling it GEI. Gerry GIEGER is the > only one who "calls it as he sees it"! > > Anne C. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Berneck, SG, SWT webpage. > > > > In einer eMail vom 15.04.01 15:10:34 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit > schreibt > > [email protected]: > > > > << What would we do without this list. >> > > > > that's easy - a lot more research :-) but with less results :-( > > > > Roland > > > > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject and the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

In einer eMail vom 16.04.01 05:23:14 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt [email protected]: << GYGER >> well, here in our part of Germany (SW) we pronounce it like in "my" but that vowel is very short. Second syllable: the "g" is pronounced as in the first syllable and the whole syllable sound like "care" but short and the "c" is an "g". Verflixt nochmal, how shall I tell you how to pronounce if you don't have one f... word that sounds similar :-) I have the same problem with a slide show I will perform five weeks from now about an excavation in our garden about Roman remains - I know the Latin words and the German expression but how to pronounce a Latin word in English - like hypocaustum and praefurnium. by the way: "Salü, my name is Roland Geiger and I live in St. Wendel, Germany (as sometimes told before). Last year we found remains of a Roman landhouse right in our front yard, informed the specialists (archeologists) and parts of it got excavated. To the end of last year we decided to expand our front yard on the other side and two feet deep we found more ruins plus pottery and a piece of a pillar. If you are interested in more details and see some pictures from what there is and what we found, you may come to the Public Library at Dansville, NY, about an hour south of Rochester, NC, on Thursday, May 24, 2001, 7 pm. There I will perform a slide show and tell some stories and tales about it. Title of the show is "stone-rich" or "the Romans in our garden". CU at Dansville. Roland Geiger, St. Wendel, Germany [email protected]"

This is funny... I say "gighger" with a soft 'h' but the German Grammer would pronounce it with the sound of the second vowell...albeit, I do not know if there is such a thing as a long "e" in German...or Switzerdeutsch... which is what out Swiss ancestors spoke... As far as I know, and have been able to speak with directly, the descendants in MS of Jessie & Tobitha, say and spell it GIEGER...like I do... Thanks, Anne... Gerry GIEGER >From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Berneck, SG, SWT webpage. >Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 23:14:19 -0400 > >How true! And I have a question for you, Roland: > >Can you tell us the exact pronunciation of GYGER in olden times? I know it >was close to GIGG-ER (as in wig or big), but I couldn't get it right no >matter how many times I tried. Most of our southern GEIGERS seem to >pronounce it that way, in spite of spelling it GEI. Gerry GIEGER is the >only one who "calls it as he sees it"! > >Anne C. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:48 AM >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Berneck, SG, SWT webpage. > > > > In einer eMail vom 15.04.01 15:10:34 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit >schreibt > > [email protected]: > > > > << What would we do without this list. >> > > > > that's easy - a lot more research :-) but with less results :-( > > > > Roland > > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: >[email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] >(digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the >subject and the body of the message. > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

How true! And I have a question for you, Roland: Can you tell us the exact pronunciation of GYGER in olden times? I know it was close to GIGG-ER (as in wig or big), but I couldn't get it right no matter how many times I tried. Most of our southern GEIGERS seem to pronounce it that way, in spite of spelling it GEI. Gerry GIEGER is the only one who "calls it as he sees it"! Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Berneck, SG, SWT webpage. > In einer eMail vom 15.04.01 15:10:34 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt > [email protected]: > > << What would we do without this list. >> > > that's easy - a lot more research :-) but with less results :-( > > Roland >

You're so welcome, Mary. I, too, have been helped by the list members - more than I can say. Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- > Anne, I would never have found this page without your help. I appreciate everything you and every member of this list shares with me. What would we do without this list. > > Mary > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list send an e-mail to: [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode) and put only one word--either SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject and the body of the message. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

In einer eMail vom 15.04.01 15:10:34 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt [email protected]: << What would we do without this list. >> that's easy - a lot more research :-) but with less results :-( Roland

Anne, I would never have found this page without your help. I appreciate everything you and every member of this list shares with me. What would we do without this list. Mary

My problem is that I forget to keep track of these great sites! Could kick myself for losing that list that showed those people from Treffelhausen. Roland sent me a URL for ships' lists, but they were later ones. Keep saying I'm going to print out paper copies of URL's, but never do it! A happy Easter to you and all our cousins! Love, Anne ----- Original Message ----- > > What a wonderful find!!! I know what I'm doing next.....going to start > finding and reading your sites. I'll try to get my Tim to see if he can read > some of this. > > Wish you and Dick a Happy Easter!!! > > Love, Mary >

Lordy, Anne, you're so smart. What a wonderful find!!! I know what I'm doing next.....going to start finding and reading your sites. I'll try to get my Tim to see if he can read some of this. Wish you and Dick a Happy Easter!!! Love, Mary

I have finally found a web page for Berneck, SG, SWT .... the village in the Rheintal (Rhine Valley) with the Evangelische church where our GEIGERS were recorded since AT LEAST 1637 [death of Hans GYGER of Haslach]. The URL is http://www.berneck.ch/index_v4.html Click "Bitte Eintreten!" to enter. It's all in German, but try the different links. Under Portrait: "Unsere Gemeinde" will show you the Gemeindehaus or Rathaus or City Hall. I think that building edge on the left is the hotel where we stayed. Our window overlooked the view you see. Click "Bernecker Ortsprospekt", and then the link "Ortsprospekt" and you will see what is actually a brochure about the town. I have one like it and am terribly frustrated that I can't read it - especially the history of their wine making, since that's what ours did. At the bottom, you can enlarge it to 125%; it's easier to see. Note: there is a pg. 2. Click arrow at top. Click "Wo liegt Berneck?" and see a great little map of the valley. See the village Au, above Berneck? Just uphill from there, a little sign says "Haslach". The archivist in SG didn't know if it was a village or their estate, but vineyards were all over the slopes. At top, try "Behörden", etc. It will take you to a picture of the Gemeinderat (town council). Notice that the Gemeindepräsident is Jakob SCHEGG? There are 18 SCHEGGS in my data base, although none are direct ancestors - just kinsmen. When we went to the Rathaus looking for advice, he walked right past us leaving the building and we missed our chance! I was told later by a shop owner that he is an avid historian and gives talks on local history. He has an e-mail address ..... guess what I'm going to do next!! Lordy, I hope he reads English! Anne C.

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Deeds Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/GeigerDeed/10024 Surname: GEIGER, Shuffield ------------------------- Bulloch Co., Court Records: Book 2-A; Page 12: John Geiger and MRS. Sarah Shuffield were married 16 April 1816. Deed Book AAA, 1814-1818; Page 408; Mrs. Sarah Shuffield was the widow of one Christin Shuffield 2 May 1819; Recorded 4 October, 1819. To all people to whom these presents shall come, I, JOHN GEIGER, do send greetings. Know ye that the said JOHN GEIGER of the State and County aforesaid (Bulloch, GA) Planter, for all the good will and affection which I have and do bear towards my beloved wife SARAH GEIGER and her bodily heirs, have given, granted, relinquished, and forever quit claim to all the part or portion of the estate of Christin Shuffield, deceast (sic) and obtained by the intermarriage made between the said John Geiger and his wife Sarah, shall be vested and forever held by Sarah Geiger during her natural life, and then go to and be vested in her bodily heirs in proportion thereunto. Witness: Malachi Denmark Richard T. Stanaland.(Strickland??)

Dear Lori: You were going to check with someone and see if it was okay for you to give me copies of those records from Switzerland. This was several months ago...would you have an answer yet??? I will be glad to reimburse you for copy and mailing costs... Thanks Gerry >From: Gilles & Lori Beneteau <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [GEIGER] Geiger spellings >Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 09:58:17 -0400 > >Hi everyone, > My family tree is full of names that have been misspelled or have >different ways of spelling them. My Geiger ancestors came from >Switzerland and in Switzerland the name was spelled Gyger. I actually >have a copy of the birth recordings from the canton and the name is >spelled Gyger. Over here in Canada, and their cousins in the US, >spelled it Geiger, but on some wills and other documents I have also >seen it spelled Giger. When doing my research, I never discount any >spelling. Years ago it didn't matter how it was spelled, as long as it >sounded like it was said was all that really mattered. I have in my >family tree lots of German names that had the umlaut (the two dots over >a vowel) but once they came to North America, the changed the spelling >because they wanted to anglicize it. As for immigration officers >recording names wrong, my paternal Grandmother's maiden name is a prime >example. Her name was McNain, but the only time you find a McNain is >from our family. We have been told that when her ancestor came to >Canada from Scotland, he was illiterate and told the immigration officer >his name in his heavy Scots brogue, the officer just took a guess and >wrote what he thought he heard. I really have no hope of tracing this >line. Oh well. Genealogy is just one big puzzle to be solved piece by >piece, and it sure is addictive! >Lori > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >To contact the list moderator--Joan M. Young: send a message to >[email protected] Check out our Webpage at: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Cara: Her death certificate should be available at the County Courthouse and it should list her parents names including her mother's maiden name. I assume this is Darke County. Eleanor -----Original Message----- From: Cara Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GEIGER] searching for Elizabeth Geiger Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/10293 Surname: GEIGER, SCHOEN, DANIEL, LANDOLL ------------------------- I am looking for my gg grandmother Elizabeth (GEIGER) SCHOEN. She was born in 1840 in Greenville, Ohio, Darke county. She married Joseph SCHOEN (date and place unknown at this time) and they lived in Reed Township, Seneca county Ohio. She had at least 8 children, Joseph, Lawrence, Jacob, Helen (unmarried), Charles, Rose (DANIEL), Mary (LANDOLL) and Henry (my great grandfather). She died June 19, 1925 and is buried in Reed township (Reed Assumption church). At this time, the names of her parents are unknown. I am writing to Reed church in hopes they might have some information on her parents. If anyone can help, please contact me Thanks, Cara ([email protected]) ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/10293 Surname: GEIGER, SCHOEN, DANIEL, LANDOLL ------------------------- I am looking for my gg grandmother Elizabeth (GEIGER) SCHOEN. She was born in 1840 in Greenville, Ohio, Darke county. She married Joseph SCHOEN (date and place unknown at this time) and they lived in Reed Township, Seneca county Ohio. She had at least 8 children, Joseph, Lawrence, Jacob, Helen (unmarried), Charles, Rose (DANIEL), Mary (LANDOLL) and Henry (my great grandfather). She died June 19, 1925 and is buried in Reed township (Reed Assumption church). At this time, the names of her parents are unknown. I am writing to Reed church in hopes they might have some information on her parents. If anyone can help, please contact me Thanks, Cara ([email protected])

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/10291 Surname: GEIGER, HOLLINGER, RITTINGER, GMELIN, PECK, ENGLEFINGER, KOEBER, HUXEL ------------------------- Johann Adam GEIGER (b 1804)and his wife Elizabeth KOEBER lived in the area of Sinsheim, Baden. Johann Jacob (b 1824), Caroline Louisa (b abt 1825) and Elizabeth (b abt 1825) all came to Waterloo Co., ON, Canada around 1850. Charles (b abt 1847, Sinsheim) later of Calumett, MI and Marie (b abt 1849) were children of a second marriage. Interested in any additional information on family connections. It is possible that some GEIGER connections lived in Erie Co., NY (near Buffalo)ca 1855.

Hi folks, I got news from Mr. Eugen Lang, Schillerstrasse 3, 89558 Boehmenkirch, Germany. He wrote an article about "Auswanderungen im 19. Jahrhundert nach Amerika" (emigration to America in 19th Century) and mentions those Geigers emigrating to America: from Boehmenkirch: 1850 Joseph Geiger 1867 Joseph Geiger from Treffelhausen: 1852 Josef Geiger with his wife and five kids 1860 Anton Geiger 1867 Florian Geiger 1869 Wendelin Geiger 1888 Johann Georg Geiger from Steinenkirch (another suburb of Boehmenkirch): 1860 Elisabetha Geiger That's it. If you liked further information, you may write a letter directly to Mr. Lang. If you have other names than Geiger but somehow related or linked concerning emigration, you may tell me as there are a lot of other names mentioned on the list he sent me. Roland

Roland, I for one will be very interested in seeing how many GEIGERS turn up in the Boehmenkirch-Treffelhausen area. I think they will probably prove to be connected to the PA group, rather than those who went to SC, but we'll see! I was looking at a website that had ships' lists and saw several people from Treffelhausen, including the mother of little Vitus, but I didn't spot the father. Don't know what that means. And I've lost the URL. Anne C. ----- Original Message ----- Salü, last Sunday morning I talked by phone to Mr. Eugen Lang, co-author of the book about Boehmenkirch-Treffelhausen. He edited the article about emigration and will send along a xerox copy of it. Once I get it, I will tell you what it contains concerning Geigers. Roland Geiger, St. Wendel, Germany