In a message dated 11/10/2004 1:46:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, himrey@ntelos.net writes: He and his father Jacob went to PA in 1743, but kept in touch because they transacted legal business dealing with the German inheritances of PA residents. Harriet- It is now believed that Jacob (Sr.) born 16 July 1694 also made more than one trip between Germany and Philadelphia. We know he was still in Germany in 1732 when the youngest child of his first marriage was baptized there, and we know he married for the second time in PA in 1743. However, we also know he was in PA in 1735 when his signature appears along with brother Valentine's on a petition setting the boundaries of New Hanover Township. We used to marvel at unraveling the mysteries of who the various FIVE Jacob GEIGERs were on the Philadelphia ship lists between 1738 and 1743 and now we know this Jacob (and son) might have accounted for several or ALL of the Jacob GEIGERs on the lists. Joan