In a message dated 98-08-08 10:39:48 EDT, you write: > John Latty Geiger, born Mar 1831 in Jefferson County, MO, Bill, looks like John Latty Geiger may well be the son of yet another John Geiger. (Could the Latty middle name be a clue to the mother's maiden name?) The census index for 1830 shows only ONE Geiger in the entire state of MO and he is John Geiger of Jefferson County, Joachinn Township. The family appears on page 119 of this census record. In 1840 there are NO Geigers in Jefferson County, MO and no John Geigers in MO at all. In 1850 a John Keiger appears in Sacramento, CA on page 84 of that census record. That makes me wonder if the whole family may have moved to CA when John Latty was a child? Perhaps in the early migrations to the developing territory? Can't say for sure this John Geiger and John Keiger are the same people but I can't otherwise identify these John Geiger/Keigers as being ones I recognize. Joan