I am a descendant of John Jacob AISTER (1665-1745) who immigrated at Philadelphia in 1717 with a band of Lutherans under leadership of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel. I too am descended from his son, Johann George AISTER>OYSTER through his second wife, Catherine Arendts. The name in my own ancestry changed from AISTER, to OYSTER in Berks Co., and then in Northumberland Co., several generations before my mother, the spelling in her line became EISTER. There is a RootsWeb ListServ for ancestors with these surnames. Instructions for subscribing and posting messages will be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/e/eister.html . Would you kindly subscribe and post on this ListServ the URL for your Website that discusses Aister/Oyster/Eister/Eyster ancestry. We need to get together on our efforts and the ListServ would be one way of doing this. Rev. Nelson R. Sulouff /////////////////////////////// ----- Original Message ----- From: KathNHNC71@aol.com To: PANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:50 PM Subject: [PANORTHU-L] Aister/Oyster/Eister/Eyster In a message dated 1/3/2005 5:53:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, vze4mcqj@verizon.net writes: Hi Kathy, I have Eyster/Oyster/Aister's on my website. Not a bunch of them yet. Wondering if you would like me to add yours. Always happy to expand. Linda www.enter.net/~candage Thanks! I have Catherine and John Jacob Aister (1665-1745) Their son, John Georg Aister (1706-1789). His son, Georg Oyster (1732-1795) who married Hannah Moyer Their son, John Oyster (b. 1772) who married Esther Boekli Their son, Joh Georg Oyster (1797-1849) and their son Jouh Eyster who married Ann Elizabeth McWilliams.