Abraham's son David says in a deed that on 7 Aug 1832, he auctioned all of Abe's Bryan Co. real estate. His father could have been incapacitated and David took over his affairs, including the mail notices. But my hunch would be 1830 ... probate often took a long time. At least we know that Abe probably died between July 1830 and Aug. 1832. -----Original Message----- From: susan wilson <[email protected]> >This is quite interesting, Margie. Looks like it might narrow down the >time of Abraham's death..or at least to the time people had learned about >it. Looks to be around that 1830 period. Susan >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> > >> Daily publication of papers apparently did not include Sunday. Gerry >> says names listed for postage due mail. Abraham & David lived +- 40 >> miles NW of Savannah, GA. >> >> DAILY GEORGIAN (Ab'm GIEGER) 1/4 1830 - daily through 1/23 - Letter >> GEORGIAN (Ab'n GEGER) 3/1 1830 - daily through 4/2 - Letter >> DAILY GEORGIAN (Abraham GIEGER) 7/2 1830- daily through 7/8 - Letter >> >> SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (David >> GEORGIAN (David GIEGER) 7/2 1830 - daily through 7/8 - Letter >> >> No way of knowing letter sender. Note: David begins receiving letters >> about time his father, Abraham receives last postage due mail. >> Margie >>

In a message dated 9/14/00 11:07:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Were there GEIGERS, GIGERS, KEGARS or MARTINS among the PA German > Baptists? Anyone out there - help! Margie- There were most definitely MARTINs and there WERE GEIGERs who were associated with the Brethren and who intermarried with them--but to my knowledge those GEIGERS were not related (at least closely) with your GEIGERs. Joan

My husband recently sent an inquiry to Fort Stewart, GA, re the cemeteries. Today we had a phone call from Ms GAIL ALDRIDGE of the Public Information Office there. Ph.: 912-767-5687. As a result of our chat, she said she would put us in touch with a man in the Environmental Section - DPW (Archeologists and Archives). He called and we had a nice conversation. He is going to send me what sounds pretty much like what Gerry was sent. He did say that his data base might not be quite the same as Mr. May's survey and sure enough, he counted ten GEIGERS and Mr. May lists thirteen names on twelve stones. He couldn't have been more accommodating. He asked if I wanted any other names besides GEIGER, but I couldn't think of any at the time. I didn't have the book in front of me and totally forgot the MARTINS .... of whom the book lists almost 3/4 of a page of both whites and blacks!! I did ask if others of our group could contact him about other names. His suggestion was that they contact Ms Aldridge and that she would forward the request to him. Hope this will help someone. Anne C.

Hi, Bonnie, If I may add a comment or two: 1. In the index of "Ft. Stewart Cemeteries" by Wyman E. May, there are; GEIGER: Ann Jane; Charles S.; Dorcas Elvina; Ella; Emma Lee; Lillian Edith; Mae Speir; Mary Verena; R.R. & Julia; Sarah Ann; Sidney Jackson; and Winfield W. EDWARDS: Mrs. E.J.; Infant Dau. of L.M. and J.E.; Irean; J.L.; J.M.; John M.; and S. WILLIS: Julia Rogena DASHER; and two infants burials. 2. Ft. Stewart is a huge area west of Savannah. New Ebenezer is north. This is what Nancy says: "The Jerusalem Lutheran Church is located near Rincon, GA in Effingham County. The town of Ebenezer, in which it stands, no longer exists, but there is the church, a museum, a retreat center, and some other restored buildings. The church is still active, as far as I know, with members from the surrounding area. This is the town where the Salzburgers lived, worked and died. They even began an orphanage and a silk industry. The church was built from 1767-1769 and is lovely. Ebenezer is on the Savannah River about 30 miles upstream from Savannah. It is reached by going I-95 to GA Hwy 21 and then 275. The route goes through Rincon, GA." The original Old Ebenezer site is nearby, with only a small monument on it. 3. We're still working on Mercy MARTIN. 4. For "The Records of Eff. Co." you can try Int.Lib.Loan. It is also for sale on the Saltzburger website at http://www.crosswinds.net/~djmabry/salzburger/index.html . 5. Most of the GEIGERS (1500s) came from Haslach, St. Gallen, SWT; plus other villages in same area. Their church (Evangelische Kirche) records were at Berneck, except for Gov. Hs. Jacob GYGER'S, which were at Diepoldsau nearby. All are now in the Archives at town of St. Gallen. On a map, look at the NE corner of SWT, at the Rhine River valley that runs along the Austrian, etc., border. It's called the Rheintal (Rhine Valley) and is unbelievably beautiful. Anne C. -----Original Message----- From: Tippets <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Ebenezer Salzburger ival I have been >researching Geiger and Willis and Edwards families from that area and hope >to someday get back there for a visit. Do I understand that the old site of >Ebenezer is now on a military post? Is the old Baptist Church nearby still >standing? Has anyone finally decided if Mercy Martin is the correct >ancestor? Where is the book you mentioned, records of Effingham Co., >located? Do we know where in Switzerland the Geigers came from? I also >live in Texas. Thanks for your help. B. Tippets [email protected]

Anne I see the proverbial can of worms inching its way to the surface! Cornelius was always assumed to be the son of Ulrich because of the land transaction between all the children...Abraham, Mary, Rachel, Felix and Cornelius giving title to John. But the news of this second Christian Geiger really raises some questions...like where this Christian fits into the scheme of things. I can see this is going to require a closer look. You all seem to have had a great time at the library. I can imagine what else might be there if you found all this in so short a time. I wish I lived next door to it! Thanks for the food for thought..I have a feeling we will be "chewing" for a long time. ! Susan ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [GEIGER] Christian and Cornelius > Folks, I found that reference to the second "Christian GEIGER" and I may > have been premature in assigning the 14 yr. old Christian buried at Ebenezer > in 1770 to Ulrich and Apollonia. Also I found a problem with Ulrich's > Cornelius, b. 1 Feb 1774. >

Folks, I found that reference to the second "Christian GEIGER" and I may have been premature in assigning the 14 yr. old Christian buried at Ebenezer in 1770 to Ulrich and Apollonia. Also I found a problem with Ulrich's Cornelius, b. 1 Feb 1774. At the Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA, I found "Records of Effingham Co., GA, Containing Annals of GA - Vol. II, and Effingham Co. Legal Records >From GA Genealogical Magazine" by Caroline Price Wilson. I didn't have time to look up all our names, but on p. 35, it says: ...................................................... (p.269) JOHN KOGLER of Eff. Co., cordwiner [sic], and Christian Elisabeth his wife, to ABIAL SCHWEIGHOFFER of Eff. Co., wheelwright. Deed dated Nov. 5, 1788, for 100 acres in Eff. Co. granted CHRISTIAN GEIGER Aug. 7, 1762, and by him "made over" to SEBILA GEIGER, the widow and relict of Christian Geiger by legacy and by her deeded to grantor. Wit: Jonathan RAHN, Andrew SECKINGER, Abraham MALLETT. (276) JACOB MOHR, planter, of Eff. Co., and Sibella his wife, to JOHN KOGLER, of Eff. Co. Deed dated March 7, 1788, for 100 acres in Eff. Co. granted CHRISTIAN GEIGER Aug. 3, 1762, and by him left to his wife SIBELLA (now MOHR) as his widow and sole heir. Wit: Thomas LANE, Jonathan RAHN, Lewis BUNTZ. ....................................................... Summary: 1762: Grant to Christian GEIGER, who died in 17___, leaving land to wife Sibella. 1788: On 7 Mar, Jacob MOHR and wife Sibella, called widow and SOLE HEIR of Christian GEIGER, deed the land to John KOGLER and Christian Elizabeth his wife. Could she be Christian G.'s dau., but not an heir? Was Christian GEIGER (1756-1770) his son ... rather than Ulrich's? 1788: On 5 Nov, the KOGLERS sell the land. = = = = = = = = = = "The Germans of Colonial GA - 1733-1783", by George F. Jones, 1986, tells a different story. He lists just one "Christian": GEIGER, Christian (fr Ogeechee, grant 1762); GEIGER, ______, w. Christian, 1774 s Cornelius. He does not cross-ref. this "son Cornelius, b. 1774" and doesn't relate the 1774 birth record that we took to be a son of Ulrich and Apollonia. Jones' books are not consistent in their facts and I have found errors. = = = = = = = = = = "The Jerusalem Church Records" by George F. Jones, 1991, has yet another story: Here he lists only the other Christian GEIGER, the 14 yr. old who died. No Sibella GEIGER MOHR, but now he lists a widow, Sibyll Regina GEIGER, who marr. NIESS in 1761. On p. 64, we get that birth record: "Cornelius, son of [left unfilled] Geiger in Ogeechee and his wife, was born Feb. 1, 1774, and baptized July 18, 1774. Sponsors were Mr. Rister [sic-Rester or Riester] and his wife". Hope this makes sense ... I'm tired ... must quit. But all this needs some careful research. Anne C.

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/241 Surname: GEIGER, FIELD ------------------------- I'm looking for information on Eugene GEIGER and Catherine FIELD GEIGER. I only know that they were married before 1938, and probably lived in Illinois, possibly Waukegan. Thanks for any help, Paul Neis

Tom, thank you for the good advice. I agree that would be the best approach. Regards, Anne -----Original Message----- From: T.G.Geiger <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Languages (http://users.rootsweb.com/~deuhes/Hessen/language.htm) >Hello Anne C. > >I was reffering to some translation programs on that site, which translate >easily words for words, but they never translate whole sentences in such a >correct way, the author meant. >So in your case, if you want to translate a Swiss book, if I were you, I >should take an interpreter, or a student in the English/German language or >even Swiss vernacular. >You could ask on the same site, without obligations, how much the fee will >be of translating a book, I really don't know how much it should be. >Hope you are content by my answer. >regards >Tom > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Connell" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:22 PM >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Languages >(http://users.rootsweb.com/~deuhes/Hessen/language.htm) > > >> Thanks, Tom and Roland, for your helpful comments. I feel much better >about >> it now. >> >> I wonder if anyone else listened to the voice and did they hear it like I >> did? I realize that synthesized voices can sound very odd (just listen to >> most telephone answering machines) and my ears are getting old! >> >> Tom, you said you noticed some excellent translation programs at that >site. >> Would you have a recommendation for translating a Swiss genealogy book my >> husband has given up on (old book, modern print)? >> >> Anne C. >

Hi- The threaded archives of this list has been updated. If you have not visited the archives recently you might want to browse through them. The enhancements should be readily evident to you. You no longer need a password or user code to access the archives. Don't worry though, your email addresses on the list messages are still safe from those who harvest email addresses for spamming--the addresses are now encoded. You can find the archives for the GEIGER, KIGER, and KYGER lists at the following URLs: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KIGER-L/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/KYGER-L/ Enjoy! Joan

Hoped to find advertisement of Abrahams estate settlement but so far, no luck. Other Geigers on microfilm index in Savannah, GA Public Library (early GA newspapers. No subject means article not checked.): Col Museum, Savannah Advertiser, GA Gazetter 1798 GEIGER, John J. Republican, Savannah Evening Ledger 1812(Dec.) 1813(Jan) GIGER Museum and Savannah Gazette 1820 GEIGER, Sam (Col) (I expect the col refers to the name (Colonial) Museum, but am not sure.) Georgian 1821 GEIGER, Henry Savannah Gn. 1826 GEIGER, A. Savannah Gn. 1827 GEIGER, John M. Savannah Gn. 1827 GEIGER, John U. Savannah Gn. 1828 GEIGER, Jeremiah Georgian 1830 GEIGER, Allen Daily Georgian 1836 GEIGER, Mr. Daily Georgian 1836 GEIGER, George Daily Georgian 1836 GEIGER, master schr. (Index has CHARLES A KEELER after schr. Possibly schooner CHARLES A. KEELER.) Daily Georgian 1840 GEIGER, Capt. (July. War story.) Daily Georgian 1840 GEIGER, Mr. (Several articles about a GEIGER killed by Indians on Sept. 6. Dateline St. Augustine, Fl. Sept 11. Body found on Sept. 10. GEIGER was stationed at Ft. Walker. Dateline, Jacksonville, FL, Sept. 16, 1840. No first name given but this was not Capt. Geiger mentioned above as this man's commander was Lt. Hanson.) Daily Georgian 1840 GEIGER, Jacob (Several letters by Martin Van Buren re: abolition. Part of a political campaign.) Savannah Daily Rep. 1841 GIEGER, Mr. Savannah Daily Rep. 1843 GIEGER, Cornelius Will check subject matter of all above and indexes from 1840 forward and post. -- Margie Barden 113 Owl Hollow Thomasville GA 31757-0204 (912) 228-1242

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The Salzburger Society was great! Thanksgiving service, family lineage exhibits, early homes, arts and crafts, concerts, Confederate soldiers, the Salzburger museum and a lecture on one of my non-Geiger ancestors. Meeting GEIGER's from all around was also great! Savannah Public Library microfilm early newspapers: STATE OF GA GAZETTE - 4/8, 1784 p. 203, South Carolina House of Representatives removes John Jacob Geiger from list of banishment and confiscation. Amerced 12% and disqualified. Daily publication of papers apparently did not include Sunday. Gerry says names listed for postage due mail. Abraham & David lived +- 40 miles NW of Savannah, GA. EVENING ADVERTISER (Abraham GIEGER) 4/12 1821 - Letter SAVANNAH MUSEUM (Abraham GIEGER) 1/5 1822 - Letter SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (A GIEGER) 2/1 1826 - daily through 2/28 - Letter SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (Abraham GIEGER) 6/1 1827 - daily through 6/7 - Letter SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (Ab'n GIEGER) 3/2 1829 - daily through 3/10 - Letter DAILY GEORGIAN (Ab'm GIEGER) 1/4 1830 - daily through 1/23 - Letter GEORGIAN (Ab'n GEGER) 3/1 1830 - daily through 4/2 - Letter DAILY GEORGIAN (Abraham GIEGER) 7/2 1830- daily through 7/8 - Letter SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (David GEORGIAN (David GIEGER) 7/2 1830 - daily through 7/8 - Letter DAILY GEORGIAN (David GEGER) 7/3 1838 - Lettr DAILY GEORGIAN (David GEIGER) 9/2 1839 - Letter DAILY GEORGIAN (David GEIGER) Index shows 1837, 18840 & 1841. (Ran out of time to search) No way of knowing letter sender. Note: David begins receiving letters about time his father, Abraham receives last postage due mail. Margie

This is quite interesting, Margie. Looks like it might narrow down the time of Abraham's death..or at least to the time people had learned about it. Looks to be around that 1830 period. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 1:57 PM Subject: [GEIGER] Early GA Newspapers > Daily publication of papers apparently did not include Sunday. Gerry > says names listed for postage due mail. Abraham & David lived +- 40 > miles NW of Savannah, GA. > > DAILY GEORGIAN (Ab'm GIEGER) 1/4 1830 - daily through 1/23 - Letter > GEORGIAN (Ab'n GEGER) 3/1 1830 - daily through 4/2 - Letter > DAILY GEORGIAN (Abraham GIEGER) 7/2 1830- daily through 7/8 - Letter > > SAVANNAH GEORGIAN (David > GEORGIAN (David GIEGER) 7/2 1830 - daily through 7/8 - Letter . > > No way of knowing letter sender. Note: David begins receiving letters > about time his father, Abraham receives last postage due mail. > Margie > > ______________________________

Interesting concept...includes a Geiger researcher! Susan (This information is provided by the HPA for educational purposes.) September 7, 2000 Henry supports March to the Sea Heritage Trail Sherman & Co.: Markers will educate viewers about the devastation the Union general left in his wake. Bill Banks - For the Journal-Constitution Last month --- nearly 136 years after Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman gutted Atlanta, leaving a blackened, jagged city skyline --- Henry County's Board of Commissioners unanimously approved funds for Henry's portion of a March to the Sea Heritage Trail. Each site along the trail will offer an interpretive marker with text written by local historians emphasizing roles of local people. Maps and period photographs will highlight each marker. Every site will include a small parking area and state maps depicting the entire route. Eighty percent of the project is funded by federal monies, and the balance is funded locally. The total cost for one site is about $12,500. The trail should be linked and operating by fall 2003. Visitors can follow the markers for an on-site education about how the Civil War dramatically affected the region. "War is cruelty," Sherman wrote to Atlanta's mayor in July 1864, "and you cannot refine it." For local historians and university-trained scholars alike, Sherman remains as complex as he was irritable. Whether a post-Napoleonic innovator or a modern barbarian, he undoubtedly pioneered the use of psychological warfare against enemy populations. "We cannot change the heart and minds of those people of the South," he wrote, "but we can make war so terrible (and) make them so sick of war, that generations would pass away before they would again appeal to it." Yet the appeal of Sherman endures, primarily through the sheer audacity of his achievement. During the late summer of 1864 he torched Atlanta ---"Atlanta is ours and fairly won," he wrote Lincoln --- inflamed Jonesboro and left Lovejoy a smoldering ember. The infamous march commenced around Stockbridge in mid-November, and it ended when Sherman presented Lincoln with Savannah as a Christmas present. The general's left and right wings scorched a path through what is today 66 counties, 270 miles long and at times 60 miles wide. Sherman estimated damage to Confederate resources at $100 million, most of which, he wrote was "simple waste and destruction." The "march" has both enthralled and revolted Georgians ever since. Earlier this year, Charles Geiger, a volunteer with Georgia's Civil War Heritage Trails Inc., began organizing a thoroughly mapped and documented Sherman March trail. Geiger contacted Chamber of Commerce groups and dozens of local and regional historians with access to oral histories, diaries and letters. Many book-length studies present history through the heads of generals and politicians, but Geiger assembled his narrative from those who plowed the land and trampled the long, dusty roads. Last spring Geiger met McDonough's Mark Pollard and knew instantly he'd found a kindred soul. Pollard is a hard-core Civil War re-enactor who admits he sometimes bathes with lye soap. Pollard meticulously mapped the movements of Sherman's right wing through Henry County. He then proposed three sites to the Henry Board of Commissioners: The Hodnett's Mill site, on Stagecoach Road, just north of Stockbridge near current baseball diamonds. The 17th U.S. Army camped here Nov. 15, 1864. The Charles Walker Plantation site --- the house burned a decade ago --- where the 17th U.S. Army camped on Nov. 16, 1864. This is on Ga. 155, about two miles north of McDonough. The Hazlehurst House, built in 1829 and today in near-mint condition, off the square in McDonough. The 15th U.S. Army camped and headquartered here on Nov. 16, 1864. Henry was mostly spared the Union's pyromania. According to McDonough legend, a "Dr. Tye," who performed surgery on many visiting Yankees, told Union officers he couldn't work with smoke in his eyes. Nevertheless there were unforgivable indignities. Joseph Moore, the Clayton and Henry historian, said that "soldiers dug up graves in the McDonough cemetery and stole jewelry off the bodies. They also destroyed monuments, so many people didn't know where their relatives were buried. "Also," said Moore, "they used the sanctuary of the Baptist church as a slaughterhouse. So, no, they didn't burn anything in McDonough, but these Yankees weren't anybody to admire." They saved their matches for Butts and the remaining 65 counties. All told, about 70,000 soldiers comprised Sherman's two wings, not including the emancipated slaves who abandoned their plantations and followed the army. In "The Souls of Black Folk," W.E.B. DuBois wrote that nothing "speaks with so deep a meaning as that dark human cloud that clung like remorse on the rear of those swift columns, swelling at times to half their size, almost engulfing and choking them . . . ." Pollard, the re-enactor, put it this way: "We'll never begin to feel what they felt until we've followed in their footsteps, or walked in their shoes. Except, by that point in the war, not many of the Southern boys had any shoes left." Copyright 2000 Cox Interactive Media http://www.hpa.org/

Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/239 Surname: Geiger, Peterson, Eckles, Weimer ------------------------- I have 3 generations of grandfathers all named George Wendel Geiger. I'm looking for information on ANY of these: 1) G.W.G. 1830-1919 & wife Sarah Steel Peterson 1848-1918, 2) G.W.G. 1785-1842 & wife Mary (Polly) Eckles 1796-1880, 3) G.W.G. 1750-1831 & wife Anna Marie Weimer 1754-1814. These eldest are probably both immigrants, & I believe they married in 1774 in New Amsterdam. All 3 generations lived in the area near Pleasant Unity, Latrobe, Hermanie, & Greensburg Pennsylvania. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with more information about these people.

Beat you! My last load is in the Washer right now...HA! But I have a lot of folding to do Have a good weekend... >From: "Connell" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] Reunion in GA >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:27:44 -0400 > >Hi, all - > >I second Nancy's comments about the get-together. Margie did an awesome >job >of making things happen for us. And I must say I am very impressed by my >newly-visible cousins. All are dedicated, knowledgable genealogists .... >plus having a dandy sense of humor .... and being uncommonly good-looking! >We felt a strong sense of family and our DNA bonded immediately! > >Will give a report as soon as I get caught up with the laundry, etc.! > >Anne Connell > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Hi, all - I second Nancy's comments about the get-together. Margie did an awesome job of making things happen for us. And I must say I am very impressed by my newly-visible cousins. All are dedicated, knowledgable genealogists .... plus having a dandy sense of humor .... and being uncommonly good-looking! We felt a strong sense of family and our DNA bonded immediately! Will give a report as soon as I get caught up with the laundry, etc.! Anne Connell

Dear Margie and Family, Anne and Dick, and Gerry, How exciting it was for us Geigers and Gieger to meet last week-end for cemetery touring and the Salzberger 75th Anniversary Festival! It was so much fun to finally meet those of you whom we felt we already knew from the Geiger List. Since we all have one common ancestor, we have to have some of the same DNA and should be considered related, even though it is far down the line. It was so interesting to meet everyone, and Jim enjoyed it also. The 4 wheeling drive through the GA mud on Fort Stewart to visit the Salem Cemetery was much fun, and even though I had been to the cemetery in 1978, it was still wonderful to be able to visit it again. I wish we could have visited more sites. I am so grateful to Margie for arranging the visit to Mr. Wyman May's home to learn about his cataloging all of the cemeteries on Fort Stewart. He and his wife were most gracious. Margie, I also deeply appreciate the info from the Statesboro Library which you copied for me. I would like to reimburse you for the copies. Margie, also much appreciation for arranging with the Game Warden for us to tour the cemetery during maneuvers on Fort Stewart. (Margie would make a great travel agent.) I regret that more Geigers could not have attended, especially Faye, Susan and Amy, who had expressed a desire to attend. I hope we can do it again someday. Amy, we would like to hear how you and your new baby are doing, and I pray that you are both doing well. Nancy Geiger Ford

As I was leaving for GA, I received duplicate pieces of mail from Morphcorp LLC, dba The Gieger Family News - Maxwell and Christina Gieger, 1181 S Parker Rd # 105, Denver CO 80231, (303)751-0869" offering a book and CD ROM purported to contain all the "Gieger records" at the pre-publication price of $34.95 plus a $5.00 "order processing fee." Never heard of them... Two of my sons got that same mailing... At least, they admit that it is raw data which you will need Word- Processing software to access it...but not to worry because "your kid can figure it out" This bothers me because they are preying on un-informed people... One thing that caught my eye is, they proclaim that Nona Gieger set the Family Longevity record. WELL you don't say... Nona was my PATERNAL Grandmother and although she did live 100 years, 9 months, she was a COFFMAN who married a GIEGER...He died at 49. Another thing - "Did you know that 25 Gieger households live in FLORIDA in 1999(which is the largest state gathering.)(We've got the counts in all states.)" Well, of course we knew...Many of Felix's descendants migrated there... DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY THIS - Unless you have money to burn, it will not benefit you. If you have extra money, give it to Rootsweb and you will get a much bigger "Bang for the Buck" People on this list know more than any of these "rip-off" artists... Sorry to say, while I was in MS someone handed me a book which was one of those from Ohio purporting to be their "Family History." It had a lot of information about how to start searching, and on the family of the author(who was not related). I saw a copy with that same information for another Family in the Collins, MS Library...They have blanks in the back for you to fill in your own data. Virtually Worthless. It is likely that you may have or will receive a mailing like this in the near future, with your family name or other surnames. I just wanted to make sure that you are aware of what you are getting...a lot of names, addresses, and phone numbers which you can get right off the internet for free... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

these would not be my geigers. thanks fro the infor my Geigers came over from Germany in 1873. there are 3 brothers. Nicholas, Franks and Hans. thanks for your help i will try to keep you in mind if anything that may relate to you comes up annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tad Geiger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 2:08 PM Subject: [GEIGER] Sarah > Posted on: Geiger/Kiger/Kyger Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Geiger/238 > > Surname: Geiger > ------------------------- > > I have a Sarah Geiger born in 1834?), one of 9 children born to George > Wendel Geiger (Jr) and Mary (Polly) Eckles Geiger. They lived in Pleasant > Unity township, Westmoreland Co, PA. Any chance this is who you're looking > for? I'm also looking for more info aboutGeorge Wendel (Sr.) (1750-17810 > & his wife Anna Marie Weimer (1754-1814) > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Visit the GEIGER mailing list archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEIGER-L/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/