In a message dated 11/9/2004 12:30:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, mslaguna@frontiernet.net writes: Looking for family information on: August Geiger August married Alena DeBrunner (Alena (Aline) born 1871 in Highland, Madison County, Ill Death July 1952, Sacramento Ca) He was a brew master at the Buffalo Brewery in Sacramento, CA They had 3 children: Lena Geiger Peterson 12/1902 - Louise Geiger Arndt 09/ 1906 - August Geiger 1899 - 1985 He had a brother name unknown There was a nephew named Rudolph "Rudy" Geiger who lived in Los Angeles area. Rudy had two sons. One moved to Germany, name unknown Pauline Arndt Pauline- I find the son August but not the father in the CA death records online at RootsWeb--there were 3 August GEIGERs in those records: GEIGER AUGUST ALBERT 12/23/1899 DEBRUNNER M CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO 12/02/1985 553-09-0607 85 yrs GEIGER AUGUST C 07/31/1901 M ILLINOIS LOS ANGELES(19) 01/21/1976 349-18-8617 74 yrs GEIGER AUGUST L 03/27/1891 WILSON M CALIFORNIA BUTTE 01/13/1960 556-05-7964 68 yrs Since the records begin in 1940 he should be in there but isn't. You might try sending away for a death certificate and see what happens. Joan