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Geisinger Name Study

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CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS see: Geisinger (Geißinger, Geissinger) in Weinheim & Geisinger in the Palatinate (Pfalz).

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About the Project

The Geisinger Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Geisinger name and several variants of the name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Geisinger name.

This project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. The project tries to research different branches in different regions and where possible identify the connections and migration roots. Individual studies on specific topics are listed in the research pages section, please let Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz know, when you have additional ongoing researches or include them in the list of the research pages.

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How to Join

To join the Geisinger Name Study, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz for assistance. You will be added to the trusted list of the Geisinger Name Study page and the subproject pages.

To get started first browse our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests.

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz for assistance.

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Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

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Origin of the Name Geisinger (Geissinger/Geißinger)

Different possible origins of the name Geisinger exist. These possible origins exist side by side. So there is no expectation of a single origin. For the mentioned origns the proof is added as the project evolves:

  • The meaning of the name is topynomic, identifiying a person coming from Geising. Geising is a part of Altenberg in Saxony, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Czech Republic, 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Teplice, and 32 km (20 mi) south of Dresden. Prior to 2011 it was an independent town. [1]
  • The meaning of the name is topynomic, identifiying a person coming from Geisingen. Geisingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 13 km southwest of Tuttlingen, and 21 km southeast of Villingen-Schwenningen, about 20 km from the Swiss border.[2]
    Per remarks in the book "Die Miller von und zu Aichholz" of Franz Xaver Wöber a highborn family of the Fürstenberger Line is calling themself "von Geisingen". They are mentioned in documents in 1095 (Bertholdus de Gisingen, Conradus de Gisingen), in 1249 (Konrad von Geisingen, Berthold von Geisingen). Franz Xaver Wöber questiones the relationship to an civic family "Geisinger" mentioned in Zurich, Switzerland in 1378.[3]
Note: These two towns above, Geising and Geisingen, exist 565 km apart from each other. There is no obvious connection between these places.
  • The meaning of the name is patronymic, identifying a descendance to a father with the old german name Giselo/Giso.[4]
  • In some regions the names "'Geisinger"' and '"Geissinger"' are variants from the names "'Gisinger"' and '"Giesinger"'. This is a conclusion of the subproject Gisinger and Geisinger in Götzis of this One Name Study.

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Research Pages

Below is the long term plan. If you want to step in on a specific region, please let me know. The named places are locations Geisinger/Geißinger can be found.

Austria, Categories and Research

Category:Austria, Geisinger Name Study

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Belgium, Categories and Research

Category:Belgium, Geisinger Name Study: Liege, Ougree

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Canada, Categories and Research

Category:Canada, Geisinger Name Study: British Columbia, Ontario

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France, Categories and Research

Category:France, Geisinger Name Study
  • Strassburg
  • L'Hôpital

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Germany, Categories and Research

  • Category:Baden-Württemberg, Geisinger Name Study
  • Category:Bayern, Geisinger Name Study
    • Deggendorf
    • Freyung
    • Freising
      • Friedhof Danziger Straße, Eching (Freising)
        Elisabeth Geißinger (1931-2019)[5]
    • München
      • Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem
        Anna Geissinger (1897-1976)[6]
        Anna Geißinger (1932-2015)[7]
        Anna Geissinger (1932-2015)[8]
        Josef Geissinger (1904-1949)[9]
        Josef Geissinger (1925-2009)[10]
        Ludwig Geißinger (1926-1992)[11]
        Markus Geißinger (1962-1988)[12]
      • Friedhof München-Feldmoching
        Anna Geißinger (1938-1998)[13]
    • Vilshofen
  • Category:Berlin, Geisinger Name Study
  • Category:Hessen, Geisinger Name Study
    • Bergstrasse
      • Friedhof Zwingenberg (Bergstraße)
        Katharina (Geissinger) Störger (1899-1992)[14]
    • Darmstadt
      • Friedhof Darmstadt-Bessungen
        Anni (Baumann) Geißinger (1920-1999)[15]
      • Waldfriedhof, Darmstadt
        Eugen Geissinger (?-1940)[16]
        Eugen Geissinger (?-1944)[17]
    • Frankfurt
      • Friedhof Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim
        Helmut Geisinger (1921-1993)[18]
        Ruth Geisinger (1922-1979)[19]
  • Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geisinger Name Study
    • Düsselsdorf
      • Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf
        Albert Geißinger (1921-2001)[20]
        Günter Geißinger (1934-2016)[21]
        Peter Geissinger (1894-1945)[22]
    • Essen
    • Mönchengladbach
      • Soldatenfriedhof Mönchengladbach-Hardt
        Wilhelm Geissinger (1901-1945)[23]
  • Category:Rheinland-Pfalz, Geisinger Name Study
  • Category:Saarland, Geisinger Name Study
    • Saarpfalz: Homburg, Lautzkirchen
    • Saarbrücken: Dudweiler, Saarbrücken
  • Sachsen-Anhalt
    • Halle (Saale) - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Halle (Saale), Germany, Births, 1874-1903 : None
      • Halle (Saale), Germany, Deaths, 1874-1957 : None
      • Halle (Saale), Germany, Marriages, 1874-1933 : None
      • Halle, Germany, Census and Citizen Lists, 1400-1915 : None
      • Halle(Saale), Germany, Burial and Cemetery Registers, 1720-1934 : None
      • Halle(Saale), Germany, Military Recruitment Lists : None
    • Magdeburg - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Magdeburg, Germany, Births, 1874-1903 : None
      • Magdeburg, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1950 : None
      • Magdeburg, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1923 : None
    • Obere Aller - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Obere Aller, Germany, Births, 1874-1903 : None
      • Obere Aller, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1969 : None
      • Obere Aller, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1941 : None
    • Oschersleben - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Oschersleben, Germany, Births, 1874-1905 : None
      • Oschersleben, Germany Deaths, 1874 - 1985 : None
      • Oschersleben, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1935 : None
    • Wanzleben - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Wanzleben, Germany, Birth Records, 1874-1909 : None
      • Wanzleben, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1984 : None
      • Wanzleben, Germany, Marriage Records, 1874-1940 : None
  • Category:Thüringen, Geisinger Name Study
    • Erfurt - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
    • Weimar - Ancestry.com collections: (Checked on 2 June 2024)
      • Weimar, Germany, Births, 1876-1903 : None
      • Weimar, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1950 : None
      • Weimar, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1920 : None

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Hungary, Categories and Research

Category:Hungary, Geisinger Name Study

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Poland, Categories and Research

Category:Poland, Geisinger Name Study

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Romania, Categories and Research

Category:Romania, Geisinger Name Study

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Russia, Categories and Research

Category:Russia, Geisinger Name Study

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Serbia, Categories and Research

Category:Serbia, Geisinger Name Study
https://ofb.genealogy.net/namelist.php?nachname=Geisinger&ofb=stanischitsch&modus=&lang=de
Jakob GEISINGER + 21.05.1840 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien geboren zwischen 1750 und 1762
1.Ehegatte: (1st spouse) Magdalena SPEER * 27.10.1768 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien + 10.11.1823 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
oo 14.02.1786 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien Magdalena GEISINGER * 1792 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1838 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Paul GEISINGER * 1797 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1861 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Quelle: [oo] SF, Nr. 1947, 7717
Quelle: [oo] Schmidt (1995): FB Kernei, Nr. G 492
Trauzeugen: Andreas Hertl; Karl Speer
https://ofb.genealogy.net/namelist.php?nachname=Geisinger&ofb=tschatali&modus=&lang=de
Regina GEISINGER * 06.09.1825 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien + 01.03.1871 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien begraben: 02.03.1871 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Patenkind: Katharina Kuntzer
Patenkind: Nikolaus Nuspl
Patenkind: Ottilie Nuspl
1.Ehegatte:(1st spouse) Adam OSPELT * 10.12.1821 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien + 16.08.1886 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, IÖrszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
oo 08.11.1843 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien Margaretha OSPELT * 1854 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1929 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Matthias OSPELT * 1857 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1937 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Quelle: [oo] SF, Nr. 5509
Trauzeugen: Josef Lang; Adam Naunheimer
Wohnung: Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Geschwister (siblings)
Jakob GEISINGER * 1829 in Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Johann GEISINGER * 1835 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1869 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
Paul GEISINGER * 1838 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien, + 1921 in Stanischitsch (Stanišic, Örszállás),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien
10 Kinder, Kernei (Kljajicevo),Batschka,Wojwodina,Serbien

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The_Netherlands, Categories and Research

Category:The_Netherlands, Geisinger Name Study

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Ukraine, Categories and Research

Category:Ukraine, Geisinger Name Study

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United Kingdom, Categories and Research

Category:United Kingdom, Geisinger Name Study

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United States, Categories and Research

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Membership

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Related Surnames and Surname Variants

Prior the 19th century the spelling of surnames in the German regions were not fixed. Since many people were not capable to write or read, they could not tell how their name was spelled. The priest who typically kept the records would write the names down as he heard and understood them. So when people moved from one parish to another, the spelling of their name might have changed. Also the spelling might have changed, when the priest was replace by another priest.

The ending "inger" (in German) indicates that someone comes from a place or household and is pretty stable used in the southern German region. The rest of the name can have multiple writings based on the vowel's sound or consonant's sound in the spoken word in different regional dialects: a "G" could also be a "K" or seldom a "C". The vowel "ei" could also be written as "ai", "ey", "ay", "eu" and seldom as "uy"("ui") or "ej". The consonant "s" could be "ß", "ss", "z", "sz" and "zs". These option generate many name variants (see Table below).
Table 1: Possible Surname Variants. Bold: Profiles exist in WikiTree for this variant (as of 29JN21). Red: Total Civil records in FamilySearch.org (as of 29JN21).

- Origin ai ey ay eu uy ej e
Origin Geisinger 14242 Gaisinger 90 Geysinger 122 Gaysinger 7 Geusinger 27 Guysinger 594 Gejsinger 3 Gesinger 900
ß(ss) Geissinger 5354 Gaissinger 56 Geyssinger 23 Gayssinger 0 Geussinger 13 Guyssinger 1 Gejssinger 0 Gessinger 2481
z Geizinger 188 Gaizinger 57 Geyzinger 0 Gayzinger 2 Geuzinger 2 Guyzinger 0 Gejzinger 1 Gezinger 170
sz Geiszinger 115 Gaiszinger 14 Geyszinger 0 Gayszinger 0 Geuszinger 0 Guyszinger 0 Gejszinger 0 Geszinger33
zs Geizsinger 0 Gaizsinger 0 Geyzsinger 0 Gayzsinger 0 Geuzsinger 0 Guyzsinger 0 Gejzsinger 0 Gezsinger 4
K Variants Keisinger 269 Kaisinger 663 Keysinger 97 Kaysinger 276 Keusinger 11 Kuysinger 0 Kejsinger 0 Kesinger 3109
ß(ss) Keissinger 49 Kaissinger 18 Keyssinger 2 Kayssinger 0 Keussinger 0 Kuyssinger 0 Kejssinger 0 Kessinger 25129
z Keizinger 59 Kaizinger 416 Keyzinger 0 Kayzinger 1 Keuzinger 3 Kuyzinger 0 Kejzinger 2 Kezinger 52
sz Keiszinger 11 Kaiszinger 28 Keyszinger 0 Kayszinger 0 Keuszinger 0 Kuyszinger 0 Kejszinger 0 Keszinger 46
zs Keizsinger 0 Kaizsinger 0 Keyzsinger 0 Kayzsinger 0 Keuzsinger 0 Kuyzsinger 0 Kejzsinger 0 Kezsinger 0

Conclusions from the data snap-shot above:

(1) The most use form is "Geisinger". Followed by Geissinger.
(2) The "e" variant is an own name and no variant: Kessinger / Gessinger / Kesinger / Gesinger
(3) The "zs" or "sz" variants are more likely misreadings or mispellings.
(4) Need a detailed research on the origin of Guysinger/Guisinger, it could be a variant through migration or an own name.
(5) Need a detailed research on the origin of Kaisinger / Kaizinger / Keisinger / Kaysinger, it could be a variant through migration or an own name.

Other similar names are for example Greisinger, Geilinger, Geistlinger. They can be misspelling or a misreading or the name "Geisinger", but generally they are seperate names, and not part of this name study.

Above the variants from "ei" to "e" are looked at. There is also the variants to "i" or "ie", and "a" e.g. Gisinger, Gissinger, Giesinger, Giessinger, Kissinger, Kiesinger, Gasinger, Gassinger. These names can be a variants of "Geisinger" as well as a own names. Also Geisinger can be a variant of such a name. The study will be open to connect lines of these names, if proof is found that a family line connects to an original Geisinger/Geissinger name or transforms to a Geisinger/Geissinger.

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Geisinger or Geißinger or Geissinger

In Germany surnames were fixed to their spelling when the civil records were started. This is in some places as early as 1800, in other places as late as 1875. Looking at civil records, there must have been some kind of "debate" in families whether the name is written with single "s" or with double "ss" or "ß". For example this Johann Christian Geisinger (1885-1945) had his birth record corrected from "Geissinger" to "Geisinger". It did not help, on his grave the name is written with "ss" again. All his descendants are written with the single "s", while most of his ancestors are written as Geisinger and Geißinger in their times.

Name Correction in 1942: "Geissinger" to "Geisinger"
Grave Johann Christian Geisinger, surname spelled out as "Geissinger"
Examples of different spellings for the same person in earlier times

In Germany all three spellings "Geisinger", "Geißinger" and "Geissinger" continue to exist. The last two are very difficult to differentiate in global databases as www.familysearch.org, www.ancestry.com, www.myheritage.com or even in the German telephone directory, since typically searches do not differentiate between the "ß" and the "ss" spelling, even when an "exact" search is execute.

A question which raises on the use of the "ss" versus the "ß" is the following: Are the origins of the "Geissinger" name lines really disconnected to the "Geisinger"/"Geißinger" name line ? Or is this "ss" / "ß" only a regional spelling ? One of the conclusions of the subproject Geißinger in Großsachsen, Leutershausen and Schriesheim is, that for this region and time all spellings have been used in parallel, so no differentiation on the lines with different spellings could be identified. Similar are the findings in the differentiation of spellings in the subproject Gisinger and Geisinger in Götzis. So at least for Germany it can be said, that most of these differences in spellings within one family disappear with the appearance of civil records in the 19th century.

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"uy" and "ui" Variants

Order of Distribution (counts in FamilySearch on June 15th, 2022):
  1. Guisinger: 8975 records, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary.[30]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
    Name change from Geissinger to Guisinger:
    - Father: Joseph Charles Geissinger (1740-abt.1810) ➝ Son:Philip Guisinger (1797-1872)[31]
    - Father: John Geissinger (1784-1855) ➝ Son:Charles B Guisinger (1806-1859)[31]
    - Father: Joseph Carl Geissinger (1740-1810) ➝ Son:John Thomas Guisinger (1784-1855)[31]
  2. Guysinger: 1396 records, United States, Canada.[32]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  3. Guissinger: 651 records, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France.[33]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  4. Guyssinger: 5 records, United States, Germany.[34].
    This is a spelling variant and no own name. Example see at "Spelling and Reading" section below.

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"K" Variants

Order of Distribution (counts in FamilySearch on June 15th, 2022):
  1. Kaisinger: 1175 records, United States, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Slovakia.[35]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  2. Keisinger: 646 records, United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovakia, Austria.[36]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  3. Kaysinger: 587 records, United States, Germany, Scotland.[37].
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  4. Kaizinger: 384 records, United States, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia.[38].
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  5. Keissinger: 139 records, United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Slovakia.[39]
    ➝ Variant of Keisinger.
  6. Kaissinger: 23 records, United States, Germany, Hungary, France.[40].
    ➝ Variant of Kaisinger.

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"z", "sz" and "zs" Variants

Kaizinger see K Variants.
Order of Distribution (counts in FamilySearch on June 21th, 2021):
  1. Geizinger: 188 records
  2. Gezinger: 170 records
  3. Geiszinger: 115 records
  4. Keizinger: 59 records
  5. Gaizinger: 57 records
  6. Kezinger: 52 records
  7. Keszinger: 46 records
  8. Geszinger: 33 records
  9. Kaiszinger: 28 records
  10. Gaiszinger: 14 records
  11. Keiszinger: 11 records
  12. Gezsinger: 4 records
  13. Keuzinger: 3 records
  14. Gayzinger: 2 records
  15. Geuzinger: 2 records
  16. Kejzinger: 2 records
  17. Gejzinger: 1 records
  18. Kayzinger: 1 records

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"e" Variants

Order of Distribution (counts in FamilySearch on June 21th, 2021):
  1. Kessinger: 25129 records
  2. Kesinger: 3109 records
  3. Gessinger: 2481 records
  4. Gesinger: 900 records
  5. Gezinger: 170 records
  6. Kezinger: 52 records
  7. Keszinger: 46 records
  8. Geszinger: 33 records
  9. Gezinger: 4 records

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"i" and "ie" Variants

For these "i" and "ie" variants all is possible: Independent Name (no Geisinger/Geissinger in the name lines), Ancestors, which had a Geisinger/Geissinger name. Descendants, which change to a Geisinger/Geissinger name. Use as alternative spelling in a Family.
Order of Distribution (counts in FamilySearch on June 15th, 2022):
  1. Kissinger: 83005 records, United States, Argentine, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Slovakia, Venezuela.[41]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  2. Giesinger: 6582 records, Brazil, United States, Canada, Croatia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia.[42]
    Examples of alternative spelling as Geisinger or Geissinger are found in Götzis/Austria.
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  3. Kisinger: 5465 records, Argentine, United States, Canada, Croatia, Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Scotland, Slovakia.[43]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  4. Kiesinger: 4578 records, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland.[44]
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  5. Gisinger: 4000 records, United States, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland.[45]
    Examples of alternative spelling as Geisinger or Geissinger are found in Götzis/Austria.
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  6. Gissinger: 2558 records, United States, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, Austria.[46]
    Examples of alternative spelling as Geisinger or Geissinger are found in Götzis/Austria.
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  7. Giessinger: 2264 records, United States, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovakia, Austria.[47]
    Examples of alternative spelling as Geisinger or Geissinger are found in Götzis/Austria.
    ➝ Requires a seperate One Name Study.
  8. Kiessinger: 142 records, Germany, France, United States.[48]
    ➝ Variant of Kissinger.

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Identified Name Mutations

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Spelling and Reading

This place is to be used for typical misspellings or misinterpretation, which are found during the research.

Beisinger for Geisinger
"Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QTM9-G8VY : 26 October 2021), Eintrag für Burckhardt Beisinger, 19 May 1792; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Stetten, Tuttlingen, Württemberg, Deutschland, Brackenheim, Oa u Stetten, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany. FamilySearch.org: Film Nr. 101835524, Image 529.
Geisinger for Gensinger.
"Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKL-GBTK : 28 October 2021), Wilhelm Geisinger, 24 Jun 1827; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Reichenbach, Kronach, Oberfranken, Bayern, Deutschland, Homburg u Reichenbach, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany. Film Nr. 102458309, Image 42.
The database transcribes to Geisinger, the image does name Gensinger. Gensinger and Geisinger are names appearing in the area and families tend to be confused. The parents Peter Gensinger and Katherina have more children. For the other records the name is correctly transcribed.
Geysinger for Geisinger
Samuel Levi Geisinger (1806-1871): "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VW-9MW : 12 December 2014), Samuel L. Geysinger and Elisabeth Julins, 02 Jun 1829; citing Zion Reformed Church,Hagerstown,Washington,Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 14,145
Guyssinger for Geissinger
"Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6M-43QP : 27 October 2021), Christoph Guyssinger, 11 May 1834; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Heddesheim, Weinheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
On the left it is Geÿssinger and on the right it is Geissinger. The "u" is a old fashion "e".
Zeisinger for Geisinger
"Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6M-HWTS : 9 March 2023), Johann Friedrich Zeisinger, 24 Jul 1836; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Heddesheim, Weinheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
In available image it reads Geisinger: FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSWZ-DSDK-S Image number 00943.

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Regional Distribution

Counting purely available data[49] of the Birth&Baptism, Marriage and Death records available at www.familysearch.org there are two major clusters: Germany and United States where the Name Geisinger and Geißinger (Geissinger) appears.

Table 2: Counts of Records at Familysearch for Birth&Baptism (*), Marriage (oo) and Death (+), data collected on June 17th, 2021

This is only looking on the regional distribution. It might make sense to connect the distribution also to time/century.

The distribution in WikiTree itself can be seen using Wikitree+: Report on Categories in WikiTree+ (Click on "Navigate Categories" to see results)

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Germany

Filtering the data[49] down to the German states (see Table 3), the main clusters are Württemberg, Baden and Bavaria. These states are all located in south of Germany.

Table 3: Counts of Records specific for Germany

At a first conclusion, the name seems to orignate from the Baden-Württemberg region in southern Germany.

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United States

Filtering the data[49] down to the US states (see Table 4), two very big clusters are found in Ohio and Pennsylvania, followed by clusters are California, Wisconsin (including Wisconsin Territory), Iowa, Minnesota and New York/New Jersey. Note, states with less then 50 totals, have been omitted.

Table 4: Counts of Records specific for Unites States (only states >50 occurences)

Looking at a map of German-Born Population in 1872 the main clusters are found to be in regions with high German population: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin. So the assumption is near that the Geisinger/Geissinger population in the USA is descendants of Geisinger/Geissinger immigrants from Germany to the US. It will be one piece of the study to look at this migration. [50][51]

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Rest of Europe

Filtering the data[49] down to the other states of Europe (see Table 5), there are the following interesting clusters:

  • Hungary
  • France
  • Great Britain and Ireland
  • Austria
  • Poland

The opening question will be if it is possible to prove that these are German immigrants from original German location.

Table 5: Counts of Records specific for Rest of Europe

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Migration

Identified migrants:

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Public Characters

Wikipedia (not found in Wikitree yet, OPEN creation in Wikitree):

WikiTree:

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Geisinger Brick Walls

Please see the profiles for the status of the research:

Sources

  1. ↑ Geising in Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geising
  2. ↑ Geisingen in Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisingen.
  3. ↑ Franz Xaver Wöber, "Die Miller von und zu Aichholz - Eine genealogische Studie", 1893, remarks section to chapter VI, 21/22, item 21. Digital by GoogleBooks 21. Der Ort Geisingen, nach welchem sich Herr Konrad nennt, ist gewiss kein anderer als das zum badischen Amtsbezirke Donaueschingen gehörige Geisingen, nach welchem sich im 15. Jahrhunderte eine Fürstenbergische Linie "die Geisinger" benannte (MZ.,10,99). Den Vater und den Bruder des hier genannten Konrad führt eine Urkunde von 1095, II.2, an: Cuno miles de Gisingen et filii eius Bertholdus et Conradus schenken dem Kloster St. Georgen am Schwarzwalde quidquid habuerunt aput Parmam in rupidus. (l.c.,9,219). - 1249, VI, 11 sind die Brüder Konrad und Berthold von Geisingen zeugen auf einer Urkunde des Abtes von St. Gallen über die Verzichtleistung der Herren von Wartenberg auf ihr Ansprüche an die Runsthaler Zehenten (l.c., 8, 367). - Eine Linie der Edlen von Geisingen übersidelte auf den Wartenberg (Quellen z. schweiz. Gesch., 3,190), welcher sich 1478, V.28, im Besitze Konrads von Leonberg befindet (vgl. den Anhang über Hallwyl). Seit der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts lebt in Zürich eine bürgerliche Familie geringen Ansehens, die den Namen Geisinger führt (vgl. RR., 1378). Sollte diese Züricher Familie mit den Edlen von Geisingen zusammenhängen?
  4. ↑ Johann Heinrich Schön, "Die Herkunft unserer Personen und Ortsnamen", Osterhofener Hefte,1995. Page 16: Geissinger, Geissl.
  5. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Elisabeth at Friedhof Danziger Straße, Eching (Freising), (Picture hidden), Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  6. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Anna at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  7. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Anna at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  8. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Anna at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  9. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Josef at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  10. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Josef at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  11. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Ludwig at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  12. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Markus at Alter Teil Friedhof München-Riem, koe-the-u, 2015, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  13. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Anna at Friedhof München-Feldmoching, L. Kehlenbeck, 2020, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  14. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Störger, Katharina at Friedhof Zwingenberg (Bergstraße), Juliane und Jürgen Wustendorfer, 2017, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  15. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Anni at Friedhof Darmstadt-Bessungen, H. Büttel, 2021, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  16. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Eugen at Waldfriedhof -teilweise-, Darmstadt, H. Büttel, 2021, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  17. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Eugen at Waldfriedhof -teilweise-, Darmstadt, H. Büttel, 2022, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  18. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geisinger, Helmut at Friedhof Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim, Gerhard Sch., 2020, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  19. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geisinger, Ruth at Friedhof Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim, Gerhard Sch., 2020, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  20. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Albert at Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf, R. Feld, 2018, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  21. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geißinger, Günter at Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf, R. Feld, 2021, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  22. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Peter at Nordfriedhof, Kriegsgräber 1939-45, Düsseldorf, R. Feld, 2018, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  23. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Wilhelm at Soldatenfriedhof Mönchengladbach-Hardt, R. Feld, 2022, Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  24. ↑ Gravestone: Gravestone of Geissinger, Emilie at Friedhof Mülheim an der Mosel (Bernkastel-Wittlich), M.-L. Conen, 2014 (database reference to Geissinger, plate states Gessinger), Grabsteinprojekt, Verein für Computergenealogie (CompGen).
  25. ↑ StA Worms, Geburtsregister: Ancestry.com. Worms, Deutschland, Geburtsregister, 1876-1902 Datenbank online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ursprüngliche Daten: Personenstandsregister, Geburtenregister, 1876-1902. Digital images. Stadtarchiv Worms, Worms, Deutschland.
  26. ↑ StA Worms, Heiratsregister: Ancestry.com. Worms, Deutschland, Heiratsregister 1876-1923 Datenbank online. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ursprüngliche Daten: Personenstandsregister Eheregister, 1876-1923. Stadtarchiv Worms.
  27. ↑ StA Worms, Sterberegister: Ancestry.com. Worms, Deutschland, Sterberegister, 1876-1950 Datenbank online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ursprüngliche Daten: Personenstandsregister, Sterberegister, 1876-1950. Stadtarchiv Worms.
  28. ↑ StA Worms, Zivilstandsregister: Ancestry.com. Worms, Deutschland, Zivilstandsregister, 1798-1875 Datenbank online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ursprüngliche Daten: Zivilstandsregister, 1798-1875. Stadtarchiv Worms.
  29. ↑ Marriage August Geißinger: Standesamt Worms, Heiratsregister, 1921 Nr.633. Ancestry.com. Worms, Deutschland, Heiratsregister 1876-1923 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ursprüngliche Daten: Personenstandsregister Eheregister, 1876-1923. Stadtarchiv Worms. Worms, 1921 Juli 27 - 1921 Dez 31. Image 566. Nr. 633. (Aufgebotsverzeichnis No. 29) Worms, am siebenzehnten Dezember tausend neunhundert ein und zwanzig. Vor dem unterzeichneten Standesbeamten erschien heute zum Zwecke der Eheschließung: 1. der Former August Geißinger der Persönlichkeit nach auf Grund der Standessamtlichen Ermächtigung anerkannt, geboren am sieben un zwanzigsten Mai des Jahres tausend achthundert neunzig zu Mundenheim jetzt Stadtgemeinde, Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Bayern, Geburtsregister No. 81 des Standesamts in Mundenheim, wohnhaft in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Bayern, Adlerstraße No. 47; 2. Die Friederike Boos, ohne Beruf, der Persönlichkeit nach wie zu 1 anerkannt, geboren am neunundzwanzigsten März des Jahres tausend achthundert sechs und neunzig zu Flomborn, Kreis Alzey, Geburtsregister No. 7 des Standesamts in Flomborn, wohnhaft in Flomborn, Kreis Alzey. Als Zeugen waren zugezogen und erschienen: 3. der Eisenbahnhilfsschaffner Johann Illÿ der Persönlichkeit nach bekannt, 26 Jahre alt, wohnhaft in Worms, Donnersbergerstraße o. 31, 4. der Schmied Peter Hees, der Persönlichkeit nach durch vorgenannten Zeugen Illÿ anerkannt, 35 Jahre alt, wohnhaft in Eppelsheim, Kreis Worms. Der Standesbeamte richtete an die Verlobten einzeln und nach einander die Frage: ob sie die Ehe mit einander eingehen wollen. Die Verlobten bejahten diese Frage und der Standesbamte sprach hierauf aus, daß sie Kraft des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuchs nunmehr rechtmäßig verbundene Eheleute seien. Vorgelesen, genehmigt und unterschrieben. August Geißinger. Friederike Geißinger geborene Boos. Johann Illy. Peter Hees. Der Standesbeamte. In Vertretung: Damm. Randnotizen: Der Ehemann Geißinger ist am 29. April 1958 gestorben. Standesamt Ludwigshafen am Rhein Sterbeakte 591/1958. Worms, den 21. Mai 1858 Der Standesbeamte: I.V: Kle?berg - Eine Tochter geboren in Ludwigshafen G.R. 9.4. / 1929 I. Ehe geschlossen am 25. Mai 1950 in Ludwigshafen Nr. 318/1950.
  30. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Guisinger
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Needs further work: Sources not complete!
  32. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Guysinger
  33. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Guissinger
  34. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Guyssinger
  35. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kaisinger
  36. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Keisinger
  37. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kaysinger
  38. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kaizinger
  39. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Keissinger
  40. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kaissinger
  41. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kissinger
  42. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Giesinger
  43. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kisinger
  44. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kiesinger
  45. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Gisinger
  46. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Gissinger
  47. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Giessinger
  48. ↑ FamilySearch.org, Search for Exact Name Kiessinger
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 Data of June 17th, 2021 from www.FamilySearch.org: Data counts manually received by execution on exact search on the name Geisinger and the name Geissinger, tagging the type of records to birth, baptism, marriage and death. Then filtering by place of birth, place of marriag and place of death. Note, (1) searching on "Geißinger" in FamilySearch will give back same results as searching on "Geissinger". (2), since FamilySearch is continuosly adding data sets, these counts are a snap-shot.
  50. ↑ Map of German-Born Population in 1872: cc Wikimedia: From The Statistics of the Population of the United States, Compiled from the Original Returns of the Ninth Census, 1872. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
  51. ↑ Germans in USA: German population in 1870.
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 LEO-BW: Landeskundliche Informationssystem für Baden-Württemberg, "Datenbank: Auswanderung aus Südwestdeutschland", Detailseite Tengen.
  53. ↑ LEO-BW: Landeskundliche Informationssystem für Baden-Württemberg, "Datenbank: Auswanderung aus Südwestdeutschland", Detailseite Löffingen.
  54. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJN8-TN1 : 2 March 2021), Frederick Geissinger, 1910.
  55. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJN8-TJM : 2 March 2021), Catherine Geissinger, 1910.
  56. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJN8-TJS : 2 March 2021), Abel Geissinger, 1910.
  57. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJN8-TJ9 : 2 March 2021), Frida Geissinger, 1910.
  58. ↑ Link zu diesem Datensatz http://d-nb.info/gnd/1012265811 Person Geissinger, Joseph Felizian siehe auch https://www.statistik-bw.de/LABI/PDB.asp?ID=45806 siehe auch https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/wlbblb_personen/1012265811/Geissinger+Joseph+Felizian https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felizian_Geissinger

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Resources on WikiTree

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NEWS Log

JUN-2021: Project is created and the project page is started
JUL-2021: Rough project structure is online
AUG-2021: Subproject Gisinger and Geisinger in Götzis reveals Geisinger as spelling variant of Gisinger
SEP-2021: Subproject Geißinger in Großsachsen, Leutershausen and Schriesheim as a patronymic name for descendants of Geiß
SEP-2021: Subproject Geisinger in the Palatinate (Pfalz) starts (work in progress)
JAN-2022: Total 39 Subcategories of the Geisinger Name Study are created
FEB-2022: Civil Records for Speyer, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Mundenheim, Rheingönheim and Friesenheim (those available at ancestry.com) are reviewed and the subproject Geisinger (Geißinger, Geissinger) in Weinheim starts (work in progress)
APR-2022: Subproject Family Grave on Bergfriedhof Heidelberg identifies 4 generations of Geissinger
JUN-2022:
Image:Geisinger Name Study.pdf
Annual Report of the Geisinger Name Study (2022)
JUN-2022: Publication in Blog of CompGen about the Study (in German Language)
OCT-2022 & FEB-2023: Presentation of WikiTree&Project (from FEB-2023: YouTube, Blog at Ahnenforschung Unna, Padlet withe the Links
FEB-2023: Added categories Category: Romania, Geisinger Name Study and Category: Nebraska, Geisinger Name Study. Research of migration of Felix Geisinger (1840-1911)
APR-2023: Added category Category:Serbia, Geisinger Name Study. Participation in April 2023 Connect-a-Thon resulted in about 175 Profiles added to Category:Serbia, Geisinger Name Study, 10 to Category:Wisconsin, Geisinger Name Study and about 140 to Category:Baden-Württemberg, Geisinger Name Study
JUN-2023: Updated Stats below and
Image:Geisinger Name Study-1.pdf
Annual Report of the Geisinger Name Study (2023)
AUG-2024: A unconnected Bavarian Geisinger Branch was part of Germany Connectors' Challenge August 2024 - Large branches and was connected to the main tree.

Statistic on Profiles in WikiTree

June 30th, 2023 counted from Profiles download by "Profiles with Geisinger or Geissinger":

Profiles Counts
Total 990
With no ONS Category 153
Total "Private" 21
With ONS Category 837
With ONS Template 600
With >1 ONS Category 77
With >2 ONS Category 11
With >3 ONS Category 3
With >4 ONS Category 2
With >5 ONS Category 0
Data of June 30th, 2023 (837 Profiles included in Geisinger Name Study, 990 in last name fields )
Data of July 14th, 2022 (528 Profiles included in Geisinger Name Study)

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To Do's and Unsorted Items

Please add anything, which has not an identified spot yet, to the below. As soon it found its spot, it will be deleted from below.

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Stanton-3574 T Stanton
See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Geisinger-130
posted by T Stanton
Scholz-412 Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
Hello. I added the profiles above under the Ohio Category. I have not created the Ohio category yet. Are you planning to research the Origin of both in Ohio ? Then I would create the category, such that it can be added to the profiles. Thanks for making me aware of that line.
posted by Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Geisinger-129
posted by T Stanton
Scholz-412 Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
Meanwhile the OHIO category is created and can be used: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Ohio%2C_Geisinger_Name_Study

And already 33 profiles were tagged in OHIO for Geisinger/Geissinger names. So if you run in some more, please tag them to the category or let me know, so I can do it :-)

posted by Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
edited by Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
Straub-620 Florian Straub
Maybe you want to take a look at https://www.auswanderer-bw.de/ for additional emigrants from Baden-Württemberg.
posted by Florian Straub

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