This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Geisinger, Graves, Westphal, Keyser, Lamp, Kosey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yg.2ADE/262.319.320.413.1.1 Message Board Post: There is a theory that "Ginkinger" became "Geisinger" at some point, or that the names were interchangeable. I don't know how true this is, but I am related to George Geisinger who settled in Whiteside County, IL. Both the Ginkinger and Geisingers seem to have originated in PA and/or MD. My great grandmother Amanda Elizabeth Geisinger was born in Middleton, Frederick Co., MD 19 May 1849. She married Thaddeus W. Graves 14 June 1871 in Illinois. I will gladly share what information I have on this family if you think we have a connection.