With regard to RINGER I also have a connection to them. Although I do not know if it is the sme family. My SARA ELLEN SPIKER b.Abt. 1852 in Preston Cty. WV married WESLEY RINGER and her sister EMMA J. SPIKER b.1865 in Preston Cty. WV, married JOHN RINGER. Karen Spiker Miller [WV Preston County] Re: Ringer/Rodeheaver Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:30:17 -0700 From: "Roy & Rosalie Miller" <roymiller@wyoming.com> To: WVPRESTO-L@rootsweb.com Hello George, Jacob Ringer, B: 12 Jul 1838, D: 20 Feb 1909, age 70. Married to Mary C. Rosenburger, B:19 Aug 1842, D: 2 Jul 1915, age 72, Mary's maternal line(Sally Thomas Rosenberger, Mary Fike, Jacob Fike, Christian Fike) Source of information: Christian Fike and His Descendants,by Merilyn Fike Morrow. This is a wonderful resource book. It has over 100 pages of indexed names. The book is has over 1200 pages of family history. Your distant cousin via Christian Fike. Rosalie WVPRESTO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: