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    Kevin,
    
    The Winnipeg office is located at
    
    200 Main Street
    7th Floor
    Winnipeg, Man R3C 1A8
    
    Phone 204 946 2100
    Fax   204 946 2199
    
    DTN 642
    
    Hope Wendy finds her relatives.
    
    Jac

    
    
    ...counting the Geigers...hmmmmm.

    Kevin,
    
    	I called information in Brandon. There is only 2 people listed
    	under the name Geiger. They are:
    
    		D.   Geiger
    		D.A. Geiger
    
    	As far as 7th street is concerned it does exit. It is downtown
    	near City Hall.
    
    
    	Hope this info points in the right direction,
    
    	Roch

;    	I called information in Brandon. There is only 2 people listed
;    	under the name Geiger. They are:
;    
;    		D.   Geiger
;    		D.A. Geiger

Thank you very much for your assistance in this.

I ask just one more favour...Would it be possible to obtain an address
for the above people . I could then write to them and see if I can make
a connection.

Thanking you
Kevin Raven

P.S. What is the whether like out there at moment ? 

    
    
    	Kevin,
    
    	    Here's what I found for you...
    
    	D. Geiser		D.E. Geiser
    	537 Dennis St.		605 Rosser East
    	Brandon, Manitoba	Brandon, Manitoba
    	R7A 5E6			R7A 6K1
    
    	Phone #
    	204-729-0661		204-727-1693
    
    
    	Good Luck!!!

    
;    	D. Geiser		D.E. Geiser
;    	537 Dennis St.		605 Rosser East
;    	Brandon, Manitoba	Brandon, Manitoba
;    	R7A 5E6			R7A 6K1

Thank you very much for assistance in this ... I will get my wife to compose a 
letter to the above .....

I'm not nit picking or anything ...not after you having been so helpful, but I 
have to ask .... Above you have spelt the names as Geiser ..is this a typo or
is this the only name they have that is near to Geiger as above ?

Thanking you
Kevin Raven

;- a few back - Counting the geigers ...tick ...tick....

You measure Radiation with a Geiger counter. 
This is know as a Geiger-Muller counter and was invented in Germany in 1925.
It was invented by Hans Wilhelm Geiger ( 1882-1945 ). 

We can trace Hans Wilhelm as being the son of the brother of my wifes Great 
Great Grand Father.
(I'm not very good at this when you get past Cousin...)

 My wifes Great Grandfather was born in Zurich Ontario
in 1868 and his father Fredrick came from from Germany (Not sure in what year
yet) and his wife Sweden.

The word Geiger in German means Fiddle player - So the Library book on Surnames 
says ..I'm yet to look this up in a German Dictionary. Geiger is a German/Jewish
Surname ....
Its amazing what you can find out by spending an hour in the Library on a wet
Saturday morning.

K.R.

    
    Small world, I worked at the National Research Coucil of Canada in
    Ottawa in the 80's, and met a Dr. Geiger who worked in the high energy 
    Physics section. He was a relative of H.W. Geiger of counter fame. He's
    probably retired now though, although there is a Klaus Geiger
    listed  at 865 Chapman in Ottawa (613) 733 4769.
    
    You never know...

    Did Roentgen and Geiger collaborate??
    
    Inquiring minds need to know.
    
    I beta they did.  I'd even gamma that they knew Rutherford too.  But I
    must be Bohr-ing you.
    
    With kerma,
    
    Pat (LD50=400 Rad)

    
    
    	Kevin,
    
    	   Yes it is a typo error the names are Geiger and not Geiser.
    
    	Sorry for the confusion.
    
    	Roch

    Pat, I knew you'd bring up that particle point.
    
    
    Glenn

Thanks everyone for your help....Especially Roch.

I will update this notes string on a later date , with regards to our quest.

We will be visiting Canada this summer and hope to spend some time in the
Brandon area. The thing about planning a trip in Canada is getting distances
into perspective....In the U.K. you can drive from top to bottom in 
under 24 Hours non stop (880 miles).

Thanks Again everyone ..... + The Radiation crew....

Kevin Raven (U.K.)

    Ya, distances need to be appreciated, particularly if you had to make
    such a journey during the winter!
    
    Thanks for taking the silliness in the manner it was intended.
    
    Enjoy yourself,
    
    Pat

A while ago I asked for help in tracing some long lost family in Canada.

A couple of replys gave me the details of names and addresses of possible
family in Brandon.

We wrote to the two addresses about a month ago, and today we got a reply.

Yes they are family and enclosed details and photos.
The family who replied are second cousins and will be in the U.K. in
May this year, a trip they have been planning for the last four years.

So we are going to write back and try to meet up when they spend a few days
in London. 
These tours of England by coach , taking in the whole U.K. sound like
hard work , I'm not sure if any of you guys have tried this?

They say that the exchange rate is also poor , for Canada tourists at the 
moment.

Anyway I would like to say that the power of NOTES is just ...well 
incredible...and the Digital extended family spanning the world.
Its the power of communications tools like Notes 
that make you proud to work for Digital.

Thanking all
Kevin Raven ( Newbury U.K.)

    I agree, after surfing the internet with VNEWS, VAXnotes is hard to
    beat.