Ancestry has an interesting page, new to me, where you search your family names based on the 1920 census. It then gives you a distribution by state. The GEIST surname occurs in nearly every state by 1920 but is concentrated in PA. It's fun to play with. Ashley http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13452&html=a&fn=&ln=geist&submit.x=55&submit.y=12

Ashley, Thanks for sending that to the list. That is great. Maxine t 08:46 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >Ancestry has an interesting page, new to me, where you search your family >names based on the 1920 census. It then gives you a distribution by >state. The GEIST surname occurs in nearly every state by 1920 but is >concentrated in PA. > >It's fun to play with. >Ashley > > >http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13452&html=a&fn=&ln=geist&submit.x=55&submit.y=12 > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx