In a message dated 98-06-12 19:40:38 EDT, you write: > My interest seems to lie in the later generations. Have an extremely large > database and would be more than delighted to help with research. Maggie, my interest has always been, and will continue to be, in the early generations for all of the Geiger, Kiger, and Kyger and other variants. My role has been to try to trace the lines back and see if any meet and where they originated--regardless of whether they connect to my line of not. A ONE NAME STUDY as they call it--regardless of relationship. I feel the later generations are best left in the hands of people who descend from that particular line and wish to concentrate exclusively on it. That is why we all make a good team. A lady contacted me within the last couple days and by looking at her earliest John Kiger/Kyger I was able to point her toward 4 or 5 others working together on the line I thought was hers. I just received cc'd messages from several of the researchers in that line confirming that this was indeed her Kiger family. Now she will be able to supply the others with her branch of the family for the more recent generations while they give her the earlier information. It is mutually beneficial. Joan