As most, or all, of you on this list know by now, the name Kiger/Kyger is almost always a variation of the original surname Geiger. As such, in researching Kigers it is commonplace to look for the point at which Geiger became Kiger to make the "giant leap" back in researching your Kiger ancestors. I have been attempting to do that very thing with the Kiger family of Greene County, PA, and Wetzel County, WV, and for an apparently related family descending from one Fielding Kiger in Monongalia County, WV. I was told by this family that the descendants of Fielding Kiger have routinely been attending Kiger family reunions for over 100 years with the Greene County Kiger family--that is good enough for me--I am sure that 100 years ago they knew what the relationship was between these Kigers. Somwhere along the line the knowledge got lost. The given name of Fielding intrigues me--you don't see it often--but you do see it in Virginia (and what is now West Virginia) primarily in the late 1700s and the early 1800s. There is a Fielding family who were early settlers in Virginia--but I know nothing about them. I received the following e-mail in reply to a query I posted on another list about the given name Fielding in which I mentioned the name of Fielding Kiger. Now according to the 1860 census for Monongalia County, WV OUR FIELDING KIGER was born about 1787--so this person listed below might not be him--it may just be a red herring--but I think I do need to look at it. My question is this: is there anyone on this list who has easy access to the Fielding family genealogy, or more importantly, to the Genealogies of VA Families volumes--either in book form or on CDs-I am pretty sure Broderbund has them out on a CD. I would appreciate it if someone could find out what is included about this Krugler/Kriger/Krigler/Kreager family. Here is what I have been told so far: "I was looking up the Fielding family and found the following, which I think you should follow up on. Looks good. This is in Genealogies of VA Families Vol V, "The German Colony of 1717, Crigler" It says that Jacob Krugler patented 400 a June 24 1726. He also patented other lands on other dates. There are several spellings of the name as it describes the family (Krugler, krickler, Creaglar, Kriger, etc). The county is not named, but it is in VA. A Lewis (Ludwig) Krigler (son of Christopher Krickler and Catharina) married Anna ___ and had Sarah, b Jan 15, 1786; Nancy, born Oct 9, 1787; Fanny, born Jan 4, 1790; FIELDEN, born Jan 17, 1793; Lovell, born Apr 21, 1795; Lucy, b June 19, 1797; Anna Barbara, b Apr 9, 1802." I guess the first thing I would like to know if anyone has this book is what county these Kriglers were living in. Thanks for any help.--First we had Guckers becoming Geigers and now we may have Kriglers becoming Kigers. What next? Joan