This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Niper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiB.2ACI/212 Message Board Post: My grandfather is Harold Niper. His father is Jesse Niper. We don't know much further back than that. But the Homestead is here near Jonhstown Pa. in the outside of a small town called Portage. If this is any help.