Joan: The Ettingen was a mistyped. Sorry. Has anyone done research in Ittingen and gotten any documents from there? Eleanor > -----Original Message----- > From: JYoung6180@aol.com [SMTP:JYoung6180@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 5:49 PM > To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEIGER-L] Geigers from Westmoreland and Somerset Cos., > PA > > In a message dated 98-07-28 17:08:37 EDT, you write: > > > I want to comment on > > the fact that many people did not have John as the first born child of > > Benjamin Geiger and Caterina but our family has an original > confirmation > > certificate for him listing them as his parents and his birth record is > in > > the Hill Church. > > Yes, many charts do not list your John as a child of Benjamin and > Caterina--but that is only because they have not made the link between the > Benjamin who was in North Annville in 1798 having John bapt. at > Quitopahilla > (Hill) Church. Your private confirmation record of the same John years > later > in Westmoreland County and referring to his bapt. in North Annville is > proof > they are the same family. This migration record also makes it much easier > to > see that he is also the Benjamin you cite in your chart born in 1777 in > Berks > County. I am working on establishing whether Benjamin's brother Charles > may > also have migrated to western PA and may well be Charles Kiger of Greene > County. We shall see if the facts bear that out. > > The only think I would comment on in your chart is that I have never seen > the > spelling Ettlingen--always Ittlingen for the town in Northern Kraichgau > from > which the Geigers emigrated. > > Joan