This message which was intended for the list came to me instead due to Rootsweb's new policy to bounce any list mail that contains either HTML or other non-text content. So I would ask Deborah (and everyone else) to send mail intended for the list in plain ASCII text in the future. If anyone needs help with that I would be happy to try to find the answers for you. I did want to make sure that Deborah's message was passed on to the list. So here it is. Please reply either to the list or to Deborah at: callicott@pobox.com Thanks, Joan > To Kaye, Joan, and to all our Geiger kinfolk, > I would just like to say that I hope & pray, Kaye and her family come > out of this "FIRESTORM" intack ...and to THANK ALL of the 44 states and > the more than 5000 firefighters who have come to our aide..They are > indeed HEROES one and ALL.. > This is history in the making... We had a fire come with in 1/4 mile of > us 3 weeks ago, which was dropping hot ashen embers on our home and > property...like Kaye my files, photos, family mementos, were and still > are packed... (We live in Clay County,FL -just south of Jacksonville, > Duval Co.) .. I also packed and moved a 1800's roll top travel trunk > that belonged to one of my Geiger ancestors... When we think of how > many fires our ancestors faced...we are blessed to have the technology > and trained people to help us face these dangers... Our ancestors just > had to grab and go....usually to return to nothing... > I just want to say THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR THE HELP YOU ARE GIVING US > HERE IN FLORIDA...from one of your many Geiger kinfolk here in > Florida... > God Bless > Deborah Callicott > descendant of > Abraham Geiger 1686-1777 (Switz - SC- GA) Catherine Schelling > Hans Ulrich Geiger - Switz.-SC-GA 1730 -1739 - Appolina) > Felix Geiger, Sr. - GA 1763-1827 sp. Mary Martin > Jacob Geiger - FL c. 1798 - c. 1850 (Nassua County, Fl) sp.Margery > Simmons > Mary A. Geiger - FL 1827 -1903 (Nassau to Clay County) sp. W.R. > Harris > Margery Ann Harris FL 1845-1923 (Clay County) Wife of J.M Wilson > Ellis Shinock Wilson - FL 1867-1946 (Clay County) sp. Laura Hogarth > LeRoy Wilson FL 1913 - present (my grandfather)