Thank you, thank you. This helps my research tremendously and I believe this explanation could open up other avenues for lost lines. >>From a previous message: >I am not at all familiar with the document being discussed here, but >could easily come up with a possible explanation for confusing Geiger >and Griger. In German script of this time period, the lower case "e" >and lower case "r" are not too disimilar in appearance (especially >when read by a 20th century English speaking American)and could have >been mis-read. This may especially be true if you are using a >translation of the original document or if the penmanship is >particular poor in the original. > >Gary >14 Jan 1999 >Baltimore > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Looking for information on the Christian Geiger family? Try: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/y/g/Russell-A-Kyger/ and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3251/ > >