Deborah, I don't know anything about those names. I did check the current phone directory. There are no GEISS names at all but a ton of SCHERERs. Do you have these listed on the Allen County USGenWeb page? (Can't remember the all). Pat Deborah S Avelis wrote: > > Well, there are at least a couple of us. > > I am searching for additional information on the family that adopted my > grandmother, Lelah Miller, about 1903 from the Allen County Orphans Home. > > She was adopted by Louis J. (Jacob, I think) GEISS and Mary Elizabeth > CORDELL BROWN GEISS. Louis was the son of Jacob and Julia SCHERER GEISS. > Family lore has that Louis was on the board of the Orphans Home. He either > managed or owned (again, family lore) the Queen and Alaska Coal Companies > in Ft. Wayne. Louis and Mary Elizabeth changed Lelah's birth name to Buena > Lucille GEISS. > > I am interested in other members of the GEISS, CORDELL and SCHERER > families. I do know that Louis had one sister, Laura who married John > MITCHELL in Ft. Wayne. Julia SCHERER GEISS and Mary Elizabeth CORDELL > GEISS are buried under the same headstone with Laura buried right near in > Lindenwood Cemetery. > > Can anyone fill in some gaps in the SCHERER family? In the GEISS family, > any additional members being researched? Do any of these names sound > familiar to anyone? I am willing to share information. >