Judy, My ancestor family came from that area also. I would be interested in finding out if you would know of any of them that may be living there. Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MDCARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [MDCARROL] Keyser Kyser Kiser of Taneytown This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.carroll/631.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Judy, Interesting to hear from someone living there. I have done some genealogy research on my family and can provide a little information. My GGG grandfather was Henry Keyser and was born in Frederick County (pre Carroll County)in 1803. One of his sons (William) was living in the house based on an 1877 map copy I have. Henry had a house in town on a corner near the German Church. I don't know if William bought the land or inherited it. If you have any land information I would be grateful if you could provide any insight. Williams wife's family lived nearby and her father (Zumbrun) was a soldier during the war of 1812. My great grandfather (Elmer Grant Kiser) was born in 1866 and possibly at the house. I know he was still there on the 1870 and 1880 census. Sometime thereafter he moved to Ohio, married and later moved to Nebraska. From there the family moved to NW Kansas and his son later to Colorado. Email address here is ckiessher@aol.com Would really like to see a picture of the place. Roy Kiser p.s. Spellings on records varied greatly. On census records from 1830 to 1880 there 5 different spellings for the same family. Keizer, Keyser, Keiser, Keyser, Kyser, and Kiser. Makes research challening. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDCARROL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message