Mike: You obviously don't get it. My Benjamin Geiger (and this is the correct spelling) b 1777 can be found as Kyger, Kyer, Kiger,Giger in church records, census, etc. I actually have his name spelled three different ways in one church when his children were baptised. Remember, back then a lot of people were not as educated as we are today and they had difficulty spelling and many could not write so they could not tell someone it was spelled wrong. If we leave out these records, then people like me will never find their relatives. It may been Geiger to you but down thru the years many people spelled it different ways. Hope this helps you understand. Eleanor > -----Original Message----- > From: MikeW9999@aol.com [SMTP:MikeW9999@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 12:39 AM > To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GEIGER-L] Where have all the Geigers gone? > > Isn't it getting a bit far astream from Geiger to be posting things about > Keyler, Kyer, Kyger? Isn't this a GEIGER discussion list? What next- > Kesyer, > Mayer, Prior-- gee these are similar to Geiger too...NOT. I see more non- > GEIGER postings here than actual Geiger postings. Perhaps the list should > be > renamed "anything BUT Geiger"...