Geiger citations from Werner Hacker (ed.), Eighteenth Century Register of Emigrants from Southwest Germany (to America and Other Countries). Apollo PA: Closson Press, 1994. The index refers to 10 previously-published volumes of parish records, available only in the German language and out-of-print. Some emigration records include intended (or reported) destination, while others do not. Only a few report the emigrant's profession. Note that the records of several parishes are no longer extant, and many (most?) people left without getting permission to do so--or paying for their manumission and emigration taxes--therefore are not recorded. Some got permission to emigrate, but remained in their home-parishes. Most emigrants-with-permission relocated to other parishes within Germany. The reported-destination is not always where the emigrants showed up! Many entries did not report a destination. 1. Anton Geiger, Bitz/German Lothringen, 1766, to Hungary. 2. Bartel Geiger, Bischweier, 1733. 3. Elisabeth Geiger, Hettenrode/Birkenfeld, 1792. 4. Georg Geiger, Malsch, 1761. 5. Hans Peter Geiger, 1714, to France. 6. Hiskias Geiger, Epplingen, Boxbg [sic], 1754, to America. 7. Jacob Geiger, Kippenheim, 1768. 8. Jakob Geiger, Eichtersheim (?), 1752, to America. 9. Jakob Geiger, Kirchart, 1753, to Hungary. 10. Johann Geiger, Kaiserslautern, 1803, to Galicia, profession = brewer. 11. Johann Karl Geiger, Sulz, 1752, to America. 12. Salomon Geiger, Hainfeld, 1762, to America. 13. Salomon Geiger, Hainfeld, 1786, to America. [Entries for this name are separate, and may refer to one person who deferred a decision to emigrate, or to members of two generations.] 14. Ulrich Geiger, Eppingen/Bret, 1751, to America. 15. Barbara Geiger and two children, Dühren, 1737 to America (?) 16. Theodor Geiger in party/family of 6, Alsenz, 1784, to Hungary, profession listed as [book]binder and brewer in two entries. 17. Jacob Geiger Jun. and family, Dürrn, 1744, to America. [This may be the Jacob Giegher who arrived in Charlestown SC on the ship St. Andrew on 31 Dec 1744 with two other family-members, received a 150-acre grant across from Saxegotha Township, at the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers. He is the only Geiger of colonial Saxegotha SC who was apparently unrelated to the Swiss Geigers who had arrived in 1737...although he lived very near Jacob Geiger, son-of-Abraham.] 18. Johann Michael Geiger and wife, Mingolsheim, 1764, to Cajenne. Names are spelled exactly as transcribed by Hacker, except that abbreviations of parishes, destinations and professions are expanded per his indices. I am unfamiliar with German geography of the 18th century, so do not know the location of these parishes except that they are in SW Germany. There are no alternate spellings of the surname (e.g., Kyger in Switzerland) in this index. The Hacker work covers most of the extant parish records from the region where most "Palatines" emigrated, and includes several Geigers. The ship-lists of immigrants in Philadelphia during the 18th century also include many Geigers. There are no potential matches on name-and-year. The surname is so widely-spread that it may be a real uphill battle to match a particular colonial Geiger immigrant to a point-of-origin in a parish record--especially since most immigrants in the Colonies and most emigrants from Germany never got recorded at either location. I chose to post the information printed ! in the Hacker index merely because it includes the names of some parishes in SW Germany where one can find some Geiger families with members who had "itchy feet." A search of the records on LDS microfilm for those parishes might identify some other Geigers who made their way across the Atlantic. Parenthesized notes are those in Hacker, bracketed notes are my additions. Harriet Imrey himrey@ntelos.net