Hello everyone - My name is Debbie Turner and I live in Long Valley, NJ. My maiden name is KYGER and my grandparents were from Columbia, MO and my immediate family have all moved to WA. I started researching my KYGER family history about a year ago and am still quite a neophyte in the world of genealogy. I have been in contact with several of you who have been sending/responding to these message -- and let me take another opportunity to thank you all for your help!! I found a document is titled "The KYGER Family" in the files of my grandmother, Gwendolyn Nadean Ardrey Kyger. I don't know who wrote this or when it was compiled. There are two Names & Addresses stamped and written at the top. All I can make out is: The first address: "__________________" "__________________" " ____ City, MO 64119" The second address: "__________________" " _35__ Ramona Drive" "Whittier, Ca. 90602 The document starts off with information relating to "Christian Geiger I" and goes through several generations. The later generations have just names and dates with fewer notes. Since it is so long I am not including it all here .. the entire document will be available on a web site I have started (WARNING - I am even newer to web design than I am to genealogy --- So any suggests are greatly appreciated!!) I have about half of it on line now and will be adding the rest in the next couple of days. You will see the beginning part relating to Christian I below. KYGER-HINZE web site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1794/ I am interested to see if any of you can shed any light as to where this document may have originated - who wrote it, when, etc. I also need help in verifying the information. Debbie *************************** START of first page Any notes I have added are in brackets followed by my initials: i.e. [NOTE: ?? - DGT] "THE KYGER FAMILY" "CHRISTIAN GEIGER I The first KYGER (Gieger) to come to America from Germany was Christian Geiger. He came on the ship "Charming Nancy", Charles Stedman, Comr., from Rotterdam, via Plymouth, England, to Philadelphia. Also listed as passengers was a William Geiger, probably his son, and a Barbara Geiger who may have been the wife of Christian, or of William. The journey lasted from the beginning of May to October, down the Rhine to Rotterdam. The Rhine boats from Heilbronn to Holland, passed twenty-six custom houses and at each one of them the ship had to be examined. The trip took four, five and even six weeks. After arriving in Holland they were detained five to six weeks. At every stop the passengers had to spend money to survive. At Plymouth there were more delays either for the custom house or waiting for favorable winds. Then, depending on the winds, they began their real misery. It took anywhere from eight to twelve weeks before reaching Philadelphia. Even with the best winds the voyage took seven weeks. Passengers were packed densely like herrings without proper food and water and were subject to all sorts of diseases such as dysentery, scurvy, typhoid and smallpox. Then there were frequent stops the ship and its passengers had to pass through, and many times the passengers feared they would go down with the ship. ! After arriving in Philadelphia, there was another delay. A health officer visited the ship. If there was infectious disease found on board, the ship had to be removed one mile from the city until safe to unload passengers. Christian took his oath of allegiance to the government on October 8, 1737. The above information cam from "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," Strassburger & Hinke, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1975, and from "Pennsylvania German Immigrants" by Shellenberger & Heinke. Christian had at least two wives even if the afore-mentioned Barbara was not his wife, Anna Marie Wei____ [I can't make out the rest of the handwritten name - DGT] and Christina. Christian died in May, 1779. His will mentions hat he lived in Warwick Town, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Warwick is now called Lititz. The will also mentions his wife, Christina Geiger, and his children, George Geiger, Christina Geiger Wyland, Elizabeth Gieger Leib, Margaret Geiger Bonder, Anna Maria Unger and the children of William, deceased. Children: William Born prior to 1737 Margaret Born prior to 1741. Married John BENDER Anna Maria Born prior to 1741. Married George UNGER Ursula Elizabeth Baptized April 28, 1741 at First Reformed Church in Lancaster. Daughter of Christian and Anna Maria. Married Peter LEIB John George Baptized June 2, 1748 at Trinity Lutheran in Lancaster. Son of Christian and Anna Maria. Christina Baptized 8 days before Easter, 1750 at First Reformed in Lancaster. Daughter of Christian and Anna Maria. Married Michael WYLAND Maria Christina Baptized June 16, 1754 at Trinity Lutheran in Lancaster. Daughter of Christian and Christina. Probably did not survive. >From this we can assume that Ana Maria died between 1750 and 1753." ********************** END of first page