In a message dated 98-07-12 15:15:59 EDT, you write: > These Kigers > settled in WVa,Braxton, Nicholas ? Cos. > My greatgrand father was > John Henry Kiger m Cynthia Mary Dean Carma, ah yes--I remember these Kigers and I thought about them when working on both the descendants of John Georg Geiger of Frederick County, MD whose descendants were located throughout WV and also the Greene County, PA Kigers who may or may not have made it that far south into WV. If we could only help you get back one more generation we may find a link to one of these known families. So our next step should be trying to find John Henry Kiger's parents. Therefore, I think you should get a look at the 1870 West Virginia Census record for Nicholas County, Jefferson Township, page 164. There is a John Kiger listed on that page and it might help a lot to know who he is and who is listed with him on this census and where they were born and where the parents were born, etc. This is the ONLY Kiger listing in Nicholas or Braxton counties in 1870 and there is no Kiger listing in 1860 in either of those counties. Does anyone have access to the film for Nicholas Co., WV for 1870? Joan