In a message dated 98-07-28 21:46:22 EDT, you write: > I have a SC (I think) Geiger will that refers to a brother's children in > Ittlingen, but I can't put my hands on it yet. I've always wondered if much > earlier Swiss Geigers settled in Germany and later generations went directly > overseas. Anne, yes many Swiss (especially the Mennonites) settled in Germany--mostly the Northern Kraichgau area where Ittlingen is located. Some of them later came to America. I have a reference where the "Germans" at Saxe Gotha kept asking > for the schools and churches they were promised by the gov. and finally > threatened to remove to PA. It made me wonder, then, if some of the Swiss > went to PA and others came south. Well, as we all compare notes--you may find out! Joan