In a message dated 98-07-28 10:05:50 EDT, you write: > I know what I'm going to do. Just enter all the conflicting information in > my notes. Maggie, I am not so sure the information IS conflicting. I think the indication is clear that Christian's third wife died and he remarried a Christiana as a 4th (?) wife. It just so happens that the next wife had the same or a similar given name as the last wife who died. With the Germans that is not all that uncommon of an occurrence since often there is not much variety in given names. I have looked through all my records and found NO possibility that the reference to Christina, wife of Christian, dying in 1773 could refer to any other person but Christian Geiger, the immigrant. There were 2 other Christian Geigers of an age to have been married in 1773--the son of Wilhelm (born 1748)--but he was living in VA and married to a Margaret; and Christian (born 1744), son of Christian, who was married to a Barbara and living in Lancaster County, PA. I doubt that a 60 year old Christina in 1773 (meaning she was born about 1713) could have been the wife of either of those Christian Geigers at any point (even if they DID have other spouses anywhere along the line) since she would have been too old. I am left with the inescapable conclusion that Christian Geiger, the immigrant, had at least FOUR wives, with the possibility that he may even had an earlier wife than what we know about before coming to America.