In a message dated 8/29/2005 5:57:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Descendants of Fredrick Krieger 1 Fredrick Krieger 1806 - 1883 ... +Henrietta Krieger Unknown - ..... 2 Sophia Krieger 1864 - 1914 .......... +William H Stermer 1861 - 1931 ............. 3 Caroline Elizabeth Stermer 1889 - 1974 .................. +Casper Jennings Samson 1888 - 1943 ............. 3 Henrietta Netti Stermer 1893 - 1987 .................. +Ira Conklin 1891 - 1968 ..... 2 Fred Krieger Unknown - Unknown ..... 2 Philip Krieger 1859 - 1930 ............. 3 Philip H Krieger 1886 – 1918 ............. 3 John Krieger 1884 - 1945 ..... 2 William Krieger 1871 - 1950 .......... +Ella Krieger 1861 - 1937 ..... 2 Daughter Krieger Unknown - Unknown .......... +Baxter Kipp Unknown - Unknown ..... 2 Daughter Krieger Unknown - Unknown .......... +Sherman Bloss Unknown - Unknown ..... 2 Daughter Krieger Unknown - Unknown .......... +Fred Olsomer Unknown - Unknown ..... 2 John Krieger 1855 - 1909 .......... +Matilda Obert 1864 - 1931 Erik A Samson Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania 18436 [email protected] Erick, since you are impaired I am witting this in extra large font. Kind of makes it easier for me too as it's getting harder for me to see. Now, I presume you are new to searches as there isn't much to work with in your information. This may be all you know but at the least we can infer more and thus begin a search. Do you have living relations who may have a family bible? If you do talk to these people and keep notes on everything you do.Get family stories, photographs artifacts, including marriage, death and anything else you can get. A digital camera is excellent in that you can photograph all his stuff and get instant results. If you do not have a good genealogy program do get one. I use Family Tree Maker. Some swear by it, others swear at it. I'm sure there is better but it's what I use. What ever you use be sure to foot note and source EVERYTHING. If you do not do this, you will find yourself going over the same territory repeatedly, and only later remembering "Oh, I've done this before". I see you live in PA, which is where my LANTZ - LANCE people moved to between about 1810 and 1870. Are your people in PA, and if so where in PA? If not in PA, where did they live? Famalies tend to live in clusters so concentraite on these clusters and mine the information in that manner. From what you write, Fredrick b 1816 married Henrietta and had five children you know of and a number of daughters for which you have no given name. Let's begin with the most recent person and work backwards. We have a choice of William who died in 1950 or a Stermer who died in 1974. We can look at both but let's pick one to begin with at the moment. Do you know where William is buried? He lived about 78 years much of which was in the 20th century so my bet is we can find quite a bit about him. He will have an SSI as will most people after 1931. There will be tax records, probably, if you are just a bit lucky a Polk's directory which will tell you a lot about where he was living, what like of work he had, who his wife was and also list his children. 1950 wasn't all that long ago and it's likely the cemetery where he is buried is still in operation so you can get his burial information and also an obit listing who his children were. There are exceptions but many famielys stayed close to each other through great spans of time so from William it's likey you will find other members who live close to him. Find out what church or churches you family attended and see if there are records there. I'm missing a lot here, but get back to me if you have more questions. Cheers Laurence Lance Seattle