I wanted to comment on something which concerns both Geyers and Geigers. I think we are all aware that on many occasions our Geigers and Geyers have been misspelled as the opposite surname in published records and elsewhere. When posting information from these sources to the lists it is necessary to post them as they appear in the records--you just can't second guess whether the record may be incorrect unless you know it to be so from other sources. Dave Rankin (the listowner of the Geyer list) and I have for a long time been checking each other's files and commenting when we find a misplaced Geyer or Geiger. We intend to continue this practice on our lists and we each monitor the other list for that purpose. There is every bit as much to be gained by weeding out incorrect information in the records as there is in identifying the correct information. So please don't hesitate to post information for fear that something may be inaccurate in those records. And secondly please don't feel offended if either Dave or I (or anyone else for that matter) point out inaccuracies in those records. Both lists appreciate and thrive on having information from all sources posted to the list--this is how we learn. I wish (briefly) to relate an incident that happened quite some time ago. I had in my records the baptism of a George Henry Geiger on 6 June 1742 at the First Reformed Church in Lancaster County. I joked about the fact that every Geiger family known to man was attempting to trace their line of Geigers back to this George Henry Geiger. He seems to have been born at just the right time and in just the right place to be everyone's George Geiger--progenitor of their respective Geiger family. He was surely the George Geiger who went to Virginia, to Tennessee, to Ohio, to West Virginia, and he was also the George Geiger who served in the Revolution from PA and from VA, etc. Well, you get the picture--everyone wanted to claim this George Henry Geiger as their very own George Geiger. My main goal was trying to figure out WHICH Geiger family George really belonged to. But what I SHOULD have been worrying about is whether he was in fact a Geiger at all. Dave Rankin happened to stumble over a family of Geyers he was interested in in Lancaster County--and this George Henry turned out to be a GEYER and not a GEIGER at all!!! So he wasn't the progenitor of ANY of the Geiger families who were attempting to claim him But without this comparison of records--we would still be groping in the dark trying to place this George Henry GEIGER. So don't be afraid that something you post may be wrong--we will all post incorrect information from time to time. What is important is that we get the information out there to everyone in the first place for others to look at and evaluate. Joan