In a message dated 4/24/01 6:10:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > My husband has a Michael NEESE (1794-1873) in Forestville, Shenandoah Co., > VA, whose 2nd ggf, Mathias NEHS / NÄSS, was born in 1673 at Mitschdorf, > Woerth, Alsace, France, and died in 1741/42 in Salford Twp, Philadelphia > Co., PA. While studying the Shenandoah records, I remember seeing a GEIGER > family. > > Based on what you have said, Joan, I'd be willing to bet that this GEIGER > family came from Alsace! Anne- Actually this is kind of interesting in that my immigrant ancestor Matthias GEIGER (b. Abt. 1703; d. 1759, Salem County, NJ) had a sister Teresia who married Frederic NEUSCH, in 1723, in Lembach, Alsace. I found NEUSCH spelled many ways in the Lembach records and the family seems fairly closely tied to the GEIGERS. A descendant of Frederic and Teresia NEUSCH, -- Matthias NEUSCH, emigrated to America and the family name later evolved to NASH. Coincidence? Joan