Will check the AIS tonight at the FHC as I will be there anyhow and list all Isaacs in 1840. Maybe one will fit your parameters. Helene JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 98-06-09 12:17:24 EDT, you write: > > > have you checked the AIS for Isaac? I can if you have > > not. > > Helene, this might come in handy for other list members also to know this so I > am sending to all. Someone sent me a text file (a huge text file) of all > census indexes that were included in the Broderbund census CD-ROMs for all > Kigers, Geigers and variant spellings. Of course those CDs may not include > all that you have access to since not all years for all states were included > on those CDs. I would be happy to check for Geigers and Kigers and other > variants of this surname on the census indexes I have--I have most states for > 1790 on up to 1860, and some up to 1870 (for a few states) but nothing later > than that. > > I do have the information for Isaac from the 1830 PA census and that is the > last he can be found there with the family structure I stated in my original > message. I am trying to see just which of the Isaac Kigers (or perhaps his > name evolved to a different spelling when he moved?) who show up later would > fit with what we know about this Isaac. > > My assumption at this point is that this particular Isaac Kiger is the son of > Charles Kiger and Susanna (possibly Hochstetler). This Kiger family is almost > certainly descended from Valentine Geiger of the Ittlingen, Germany Geiger > family connected to the Henckels of Pennsylvania. I would expect to find this > particular Isaac naming sons Charles, and maybe Benjamin, and possibly James > and Nicholas--after his father and presumed brothers. He would most likely be > naming daughters Susanna and Elizabeth after his mother and sister. So I > guess you could say that I do know where Isaac Kigers can be found in 1840 > across America but I am looking for one who might fit the pattern above as > well as a birth date around 1800. > > Thanks for any help! > > Joan