More good stuff at NARA. The author of this message is a professional researcher, I believe. Valorie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Civil War Records at National Archives Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:34:43 EST From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Recently a GenTipper asked about researching Civil War Military records. Since I have done a great number of Civil War soldier research projects I thought this question must have had my name on it. These comments apply to the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) in Washington DC. This subject is very complex and covers a large amount of records. There are several kinds of records of interest to the genealogist and family historian. I will divide these into two basic groups; they are (1) Union Records and (2) Confederate records. Many, but certainly not all, of these records are on film. Most of the useful records are also indexed but sometimes not very well. (I) Union Records (A) Regular Army (1) Registers of Enlistments (2) Muster Rolls (3) various returns from Posts and Regiments (B) Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers (1) Compiled Service Records (Military Record) (2) Movements and histories of Volunteer Union Organizations (no genealogical info to speak of but interesting if you would like to know what your soldier did during the war) (C) Records that pertain to both Regular and Volunteer soldiers (1) Pension Application Files (2) Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office (3) Records of the Adjutant General’s Office (II) Confederate Records, record pertaining to service only (pension records are held by the various states) (A) Compiled service records, state indexes and consolidated index (many records where lost) (B) Records relating to Confederate and Marine Personnel (C) Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War. (D) Confederate States Army Casualties: Lists and Narrative Reports. (E) Records of Confederate Movements and Activities There are many more records that could be added here but few that could provide the genealogical information of the ones mentioned above. The National Archives has the following web pages that will provide details about Civil War records held by NARA. Civil War Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html Confederate Pension Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/confed.html Military Service records on Microfilm http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/military/service.html More information at my web site. URL listed below. Good luck in your searches. Remember, one step at a time, backwards. Ralph Komives ________ http://members.aol.com/RalphK/DocumentSearch.html Document Searches in Washington, D.C. Area and Annapolis, MD.

I know we have some folks with Cherokee lineage on the list... EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE Tuesday, 18 May 1999 The Clifton-Kern Roll of Cherokee Freedmen As Frank Beacon pointed out in his column "Publican Papers", in many cases the "census substitutes" we use in our genealogical research were originally compiled by government workers as part of their jobs to collect money. But the work of the Clifton-Kern commission was quite the opposite. They were to compile lists of people who would receive government money. The "Clifton-Kern" commission was actually composed of three men: William Clifton, William Thompson, and Robert Kern. Their work, completed in 1897, was in the form of a census conducted among the Cherokee Freedmen -- the descendants of unions between Cherokee and African Americans. Like the Wallace Roll, the rolls of the Kern-Clifton team list the names of those who were confirmed Cherokee Freedmen roughly in alphabetic order by family, giving the full name (English, not Native American) of each, his or her relationship to the head of the household, gender, age, and residence (by district). Each name was also assigned a (serial) number, allowing that person to be quickly identified -- and cross-referenced -- in subsequent matters regarding tribal membership. The list and its supplement were compiled into typewritten sheets, numbering about 200 pages. Although the photographic contrast of these century-old pages is not perfect, it is certainly high enough to result in very readable JPEG images of each page. While it should be easy to save a copy of a relevant page to your hard drive and clean it up a bit with a graphics program, you may want to contact the National Archives and purchase a photocopy of a page you value. Fortunately, instructions for this are included online. Resources: Search the NAIL Collections http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html Old Military and Civil Records National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20408 Online Resources for Native American Genealogy http://www.everton.com/resources/special.html#native Copyright 1999, Everton Publishers All rights reserved - ------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service provided by Everton Publishers subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe history unsubscribe: <[email protected]> message: unsubscribe history Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/

Valorie, I just learned a new computer trick (probably the last person to learn this) but instead of typing in all of the URL's for the great sites you have been sending, you can open your "compose mail" and then open the link that you want to send and diminish it to a portion of the size of the "Compose Mail" or whatever other document you are sending. Then just drag the Heart (Favorite) to the body of the message and it will form a link that anyone can then just click on. Take care. Guess this works in all situations. Marilyn

Dear Rose, There is a James Basinger in my wifes family tree who married a Phoebe Ann Senef. Rebecca was one of 12 children. Samuel Lutelus Basinger was one of those and he als is my wifes great grandfather. The rest of the children are: Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Jane,Eliza Ann,Joseph W., Emma Francis, Rebecca E., William P., Jemina , Hester, and Florence. James parents were Peter Basinger and Mary Ann Miller, they had ten children and James was the oldest. Gary Moran > Hi List People, > I'm looking for info on James M. Bassinger, m.Phoebe Seneff. I know of one > dau., Rebecca Jane Bassinger b.2-7-1875, d.4-2-1961; m.Henry Harrison > Dillinger. I think Rebecca and Henry lived in Westmoreland Co., PA. Does > anyone have anything else on any of them? Any info will be appreciated and > I will share any info that I have. > Thanks > Rose in Indiana > > ==== BAYSINGER Mailing List ==== > We have this list and GenConnect courtesy of Rootsweb Genealogical Co-op. > Do your part! <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>

OK, One more tidbit from my own personal archive, and I'm gonna hit the sack. --------- 13 April 1999 U.S. Censuses Online Indexing U.S. census records has long been a favorite activity for genealogists and their computers. Fortunately, the number of censuses available online or on CD-ROM is growing daily, much to the delight of those of us who are seeking our ancestors in the United States. One site cannot list every online census index, but there is a site which is working on it. Censuslinks.com is building an extensive list of links to online census indexes. The directory page has an alphabetic list of links to state pages, and one to "Native American" censuses. These state pages are populated with links to county pages, which in turn are linked to the online indexes themselves. The result is a handy access point for many of the indexes placed on the Net, and a quicker way to carry out some of your genealogical research. Fortunately, this site does not confine itself to census indexes. There are also useful links to other genealogy websites, including the RootsWeb Cooperative, U.S. National Archives, Immigrant Ships Transcibers Guild, and more. Censuslinks is worth a visit today, and it's worth a bookmark and frequent visits in the future. It just may be one of the best ways for you to save time in your census searching. Resources: Censuslinks http://www.censuslinks.com/directory/ Copyright 1999, Everton Publishers All rights reserved ------------ I checked this one out, and it seems very comprehensive. Enjoy! All the best to all my relations, Valorie, IBSSG

This is another nice surname search site. I may have found a few of you who are reading this message through this site! Valorie ------- >From Dick Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 15 - April 10, 1999: The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - GenealogyPortal.com The Internet trade press is abuzz these days with articles about "Internet portals." Even Wall Street venture capitalists are investing millions in companies that provide Web portals. Now Steve Wood has created a genealogy portal Web page. A portal can loosely be defined as a starting place. It provides quick and easy access to many other Web sites of a particular interest. Portal sites such as Yahoo!, Webcrawler and CompuServe.com provide menus grouped by popular topics such as news, weather, sports, Hollywood entertainment, etc. When you click on one of these, you are quickly taken to pages of that interest. These portals are popular as they are easy-to-use "main menus" for many people. Steve Wood's GenealogyPortal.com is similar in concept. The first thing I noticed is that it has a quick and easy method of searching hundreds of genealogy sites looking for names. I searched for my own surname and found thousands of "hits," too many to manage. I then narrowed the search by specifying my great- great-grandfather's name. GenealogyPortal.com quickly found 91 matches and ranked them as to which were "most probable." A rating of four trees indicated a high probability of a match, three trees was still somewhat probable, etc. Each "hit" gave a small extract from the text of the matching site. All I had to do was click on the text, and I could then look directly at the selected site. GenealogyPortal.com also has lists of Archives and Libraries, Guides to Research, Historical Sites, Primary Records, and Research Supplies, as well as a list of Software and Utilities. This is a good site from which to launch your online searches. Look at: http://www.genealogyportal.com ----------- All my best to all my relations, Valorie Cowan McBee Zimmerman, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb

Wow! Have I been coming across great stuff today! I'm familiar with the first site, but the next two are *really* different, and completely COOL! Especially the last one. I checked the URLs, and after a minor correction, they all work. All the best, Valorie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: County Locator Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 From: Linda Wright <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Here are a few city/county locators http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html http://decoder.americom.com/main.html http://www.calle.com/world/index.html

Sunni Bloyd mentioned this site on Sweden-L, but it is about American genealogy. To quote from this wonderful, informative site: "...Did you know that there is a county-wide surname index to virtually every land owner in America since the early 1600s -- an index that is more complete than any head-of-household census index ever compiled? And did you know that you have a ninety percent chance of finding your ancestor in that land ownership index? "There are few indexes used by genealogists that offer a ninety percent chance of finding the right person. Even today, a modern telephone directory gives the names of only those households with a publicly listed telephone number. A recent study in Los Angeles revealed that over twenty percent of the telephone numbers are unlisted numbers. Yet, there is a surname index for Los Angeles County that gives the names of ninety percent of the heads of households of that county during the 1850s. The index is called the "Grantee/Grantor" index or "Index to real estate conveyances". Such an index can be found in all 3,100 counties in the United States." Check it out! It's an article from the Genealogy Bulletin, Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records, by William Dollarhide. http://www.remaxheritage-ri.com/~deeds/deeds.htm Good luck! Valorie, IBSSG Proud listmom of Baysinger-L and McBee-L Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb

Another oldie, but goodie. Let me (and the list) know if this helps your research. Valorie EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE 27 October 1998 Oregon Pioneers: The Wagon Train of 1843 -- The Great Migration In May of 1843 a large group of potential pioneers gathered in Jackson County, Missouri at a place known as Fitzhugh's Mill to begin a long and dangerous journey across the plains and mountains of western America in search of a new life in Oregon and California. With this website, Mike Ransom pays tribute to the 400-plus people in that company, with extensive information on the trip taken from General J.W. Nesmith's account as recorded in the 1885 Himes and Land book, History of the Willamette Valley. Of special interest to family history researchers is the alphabetic list of men from that company. This list was originally prepared by Nesmith, and has been augmented by Mr. Ransom with additional information from other sources. Some names on the list stand alone, while others are accompanied by extensive biographical data and references to other resources where information on them can be found. While Mr. Ransom has done an excellent job of presenting this invaluable data on the Web, not everything can be digitized or indexed for use online. To help those with further interest, he has included a list of libraries where the History of the Willamette Valley can be found, and of course, he has provided a good number of links to other Internet sites where related source material can be located. A reminder: While most of the 430 people noted did go to Oregon, some did leave the company to travel to other destinations, including California. So don't dismiss this list if your Oregon Trail ancestor went to California instead of Oregon. Resources: Oregon Pioneers: The Wagon Train of 1843 -- The Great Migration http://www.peak.org/~mransom/pioneers.html Online Resources for Oregon Genealogy http://www.everton.com/usa/or.htm Copyright 1998, Everton Publishers All rights reserved - ------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service provided by Everton Publishers subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe history unsubscribe: <[email protected]> message: unsubscribe history Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/

Another 'oldie' from my "Sent" file.....My Baysingers and McBees were both in Missouri in these troubled times, and may either have been with the 'bad guys' or their victims.... I hope this gives some of you some information and enjoyment. Forwarded with permission of the author -- Valorie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AGS-L] VILLAINS and VIGILANTES Date: Fri, 21 Aug 98 15:28:20 PDT From: "hsmiley" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] With the recent interest in the "bald knobbers", here is another sent to my by my cousin, Frank. VILLAINS and VIGILANTES For over a century the lawlessness of the frontier has been an integral part of America's "western" literature. Normally, we think of such violence as taking place in the untamed cattle towns of the high prairies or the gold camps of the Rocky Mountains. But much of the violence associated with the frontier originated right in Southwest Missouri. What is generally thought to be the first street shoot-out, for example, took place not in Dodge City, Kansas or Tombstone, Arizona, but in Springfield, Missouri., when in 1865 Wild Bill Hickcock killed a man named David Tutt over a dispute dealing with a watch. The date is significant because the shoot-out occured in the year the Civil War ended. And it was the Civil War which made Southwest Missouri a lawless no man's land. Pre-Civil War violence started in bloody Kansas as pro and anti-slavery advocates used intimidation and bloodshed to try to drive off settlers who opposed their views. Once the war started, the hatreds spilled over into continuous border violence in Southern Missouri snf Northern Arkansas. Although a number of major battles took place in the two states, neither side wished to expend their limited resources on the frontier. Because of this, irregular armies began operating in the area. The most notorious, perhaps, was Quantrill's Raiders, a group of cutthroats who terrorized Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War. In fact, they were so violent and unscrupulous that the Confederates, after originally encouraging Quantrill, would not formally commission him or support his activities. Though Quantrill was killed, other members of his gang went on to lives of violence after the war was over - characters like Frank and Jesse James and the Younger brothers. In the Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas area any number of unscrupulous characters used the war as an excuse to prey on defenseless women and children who were left behind when their men went off to fight. These ruthless gangsters, who became known as bushwhackers, used the chaos of the war as a cover for their crimes. Of these, the infamous Alf Bolin was one of the worst. It is almost impossible for us to imagine the total devastation which prevailed in the "no man's land" of the Arkansas-Missouri border during the Civil War. Family loyalties were commonly split, passions ran high and murder and thievery were commonplace. As the war dragged on and towns on both sides of the border were occupied by alternating armies in succession, the devastation to the region accelerated. Towns like Forsyth, Missouri and Berryville, Arkansas were put to the torch. Families left the area by moving further North or South, seeking shelter not only from the opposing armies but from the bands of outlaws. The war created radical dislocations even for years after it formally ended. In the vacuum of authority which followed the end of the war, many unsavory men seized control of civil authority. Justice was virtually non-existent, with a resultant lawlessness which plagued the area. When murder after murder went unpunished, vigilante organizations like the "Bald Knobbers" came into existence to impose law and order and quickly established their own brand of lawlessness. While the years finally healed most of the wounds associated with the rift between "Yankee" and "Reb", the Ozarks region has continued to be a place which because of its relatively remote and inaccessible nature has lured indivuals escaping from the law, such as, the infamous outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, and the notorious gangster, Jack Fleagle.

This is a rather old message, but some of us are pretty sure our Baysingers hailed from the Alsace, now a French area. I post it here hoping some French-speaker can take advantage of this resource. Listmom Valorie <[email protected]> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: French local history Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:00:45 +0000 From: "Le Livre d'histoire" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Dear web surfers, We inform you that you can discover over 1,700 books dealing with the history of 30,000 French cities and villages at http://www.histo.com. These titles belong to the Monographies des villes et villages de France collection, which has been recommended in 1989 by the French ministry of Tourism. It allows everyone to meet again with one’s roots, and it’s a precious help for genealogists and everybody who wants to know bygone customs, remarkable characters and events in the past of France. You will have over 650 links towards French cities web sites too. All these addresses are sometimes hard to find by searching them with search engines. We hope that your trip in Histo.com will combine the pleasant with the useful... Gwenaël d'Avrey Le Livre d'histoire http://www.histo.com [email protected]

Dick Eastman's newsletter had this interesting announcement. At the NGS National Conference, lots of new products and services are announced. I just tried this one, and while nowhere near as useful as Surname Helper at Rootsweb, still, I did get one new connection.... The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. GenPageFinder Ancestry.com has introduced a new search engine designed just for genealogy. I used it briefly this week and it looks great. Here is the announcement from Ancestry.com: The world of family history on the Internet can seem like an intimidating, incomprehensible mass because it is always growing and always changing. Many researchers wonder how to make sense or use of it all. GenPageFinder is a vital part of the solution. GenPageFinder is a search engine, which currently indexes the contents of over 200,000 genealogical Web pages and is updated every week. It offers search results surrounded by their immediate context and free from non- genealogical clutter. GenPageFinder is a free service and a proud addition to the Ancestry.com Online Genealogical Library. GenPageFinder is now available on Ancestry.com. GenPageFinder also appears as part of the Ancestry.com GlobalSearch results. Some of the pages GenPageFinder will find are quite large. If your keywords are not immediately visible on the page GenPageFinder finds for you, try pressing Ctrl F and entering your keywords again. This should take you to the spot on the page where your keywords appear. Whatever your research interests and whatever searching you've already done, chances are that a search on GenPageFinder will yield fruitful new sources. You can find the new service by going to http://www.ancestry.com and following the menus. However, a direct shortcut is available by going to: http://www.ancestry.com/genpagefinder/genpagefinder.htm

[email protected] wrote: > > Hello Rose, > James M. Basinger is the son of Peter and Mary Ann Miller. Peter is Son of > Jacob snip I have a lot more on these families if you need it. I could send you > the WHOLE > Basinger file if you have FTM 5. Otherwise you can't open it. > I am related from Michael- Jacob- Peter-George Washington- James Dewey > Basinger > all of Fayette Co. Pa. Kath, I just wanted to comment on your FTM 5 situation.....can you not export a GEDCOM? I understood that FTM could do that, in a number of different GEDCOM formats. That's the purpose of creating a GEDCOM file.....so that someone else can import it who has different software. Some data fails to make the jump....for more on that, see <http://www.gentech.org>. Still that's better than re-typing *everything.* I hope everyone remembers -- this is nothing personal about Kath, or anyone else, but NEVER just import someone else's GEDCOM into your personal database. For that matter, don't take anyone else's research for granted, at all! Check out the sources, and see if they check out. If there aren't any sources, you'll have to use the information as merely clues. Try to prove their research *wrong.* If you can't.....then you can accept it as the best answer *for now.* Remember....there's always more to know, more sources to check, other possibilities to consider. That's what keeps it all so exciting! All the best, Valorie

Someone referred to this site on another Rootsweb list, and I decided to check it out. Oh, my goodness! The first link I followed had a scam site that was not only collecting genealogical information and selling it, but also getting names, SS#s, addresses, familial relationships and email addys to sell to mass marketing list resellers! This could be *dangerous* for people. Check it out for yourself.... <http://www.ancestordetective.com/watchdog.htm> I believe it was set up to counter mis-information, but its mission has grown more important, even crucial to our personal safety, over time. Watch yourself out there, folks, and BE SAFE! All the best, Valorie, IBSSG Listmom, Baysinger-L and McBee-L Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb

Hello Rose, James M. Basinger is the son of Peter and Mary Ann Miller. Peter is Son of Jacob and Anna Catherina ?. Jacob is son of Michael Basinger and Magdalena ? of Fayette Co. Pa. First of Lancaster Co Pa.. It is believed that Michael is the son of Jacob Besinger & Margrat Laemmer of Hermersweiler, Alsace, France. James M. B: 3-8-1847 D: 12-4-1935 Int: Fairview. near Kecksburg, Pa. Phebe Ann Seneff B: 6-13-1846 D: 11-19-1915 M: 1865 They had 12 children 1. Mary Elizabeth B: 6-1-1866 D: 1953 Int: Fairview M: John Armel 1851-1913 12 children 2. Sarah Jane B: 9-28-1868 a twin D: ? Int: Normalville Cem. M: William H. Miner Res: Mill Run Pa. Ch: at least nine 3. Eliza A. B: 9-28-1868 D: 1957 age 89 Int: Mt Olive Cem. Rt 982 out of Connellsville. M: John Shaffer of Clinton, Pa and Jacob S. Garletts on 12-29-1887 Cumberland, MD. Res: Pleasant Hill,Pa Ch: 9 4. Joseph W. Basinger B: 1870 D: 8-27-1897 Hit by train M; Belle Caldwell 1863-1921 Hillgrove Cem. 5. Emma Frances B: 5-10-1872 Lincoln Twp. Somerset Co. Pa D: 1946 74ys Beams Ref. Ch. Cem M: Frank Daniels D: 1943 Ch: 9 6. Rebecca E. B: 2-7-1874 D: 4-2-1961 Int: Mt Joy Cem. Mt Pleasant M: Henry H. Dillinger B: 12-22-1873 D: 3-23-1957 Ch: 9 I have a lot more on these families if you need it. I could send you the WHOLE Basinger file if you have FTM 5. Otherwise you can't open it. I am related from Michael- Jacob- Peter-George Washington- James Dewey Basinger all of Fayette Co. Pa. Beat Wishes Kath in Ohio

from our Baysinger GenConnect Queries board -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Baysinger Queries Post Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 Baysinger Queries A new message, "Bassinger," was posted by Rose Pitcher on Sun, 16 May 1999 --- NAME: Rose Pitcher EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: Bassinger, Dillinger, King, Seneff DATE: May 16 1999 QRYTEXT: I'm looking for info on James M. Bassinger m. Phoebe Seneff. I know of one dau., Rebecca Jane Bassinger b. 2-7-1875; d.4-2-1961; m. Henry Harrison Dillinger. I think Rebecca and Henry lived in Westmoreland Co, PA. Any info appreciated and I will share any info that I have. Thanks Rose in Indiana This is an automatically-generated notice. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the Baysinger Queries: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/bay/Baysinger> Thank you! posted by listmom Valorie <[email protected]>

>From our Baysinger GenConnect Queries board -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Baysinger Queries Post Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 05:56:12 -0700 Baysinger Queries A new message, "Henry Sylvester Basinger>Mo>AR," was posted by Peggy Wilson on Sun, 16 May 1999 --- NAME: Peggy Wilson EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: BASINGER, SANDERS, HERRELL, LYLES, WILSON DATE: May 16 1999 QRYTEXT: Our line starts with Henry Sylvester BASINGER Henry Sylvester BASINGER married Bertie Jane SANDERS b. 3 September 1899 MO>AR they had the following children: 2) Ernest b. unknown d. unknown + m. Wanda 2) George b. unknow d. unknown + m. unknown 2) Ruby Inez b. unknown d. unknown + m. Ralph Patterson 2) Marvin Sylvester b. 6 Mar 1912 d. 15 Oct 1995 - AR + m. Anna Wagner 2) Arvil b. abt 1913 d. unknown + m. Ida 2) Mary Goldie b. 18 Mar 1915 + m. Cebert Harrison Herrell + m. Ted Wagner 2) Claude b. 03 Oct 1919 d. Mar 1994- AR + m. Roxie 2) Gladys b. 09 Sept 1924 + m. Tom Herrell 2) Joe Wayne b. 22 July 1929 d. April 1984 - AR + m. Evelyn Each inquiry brings us one step closer . . . If we share any connections, let me know. Thanks! Peggy Wilson This is an automatically-generated notice. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the Baysinger Queries: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/bay/Baysinger> Thank you! posted by listmom Valorie <mailto:[email protected]>

Hi List People, I'm looking for info on James M. Bassinger, m.Phoebe Seneff. I know of one dau., Rebecca Jane Bassinger b.2-7-1875, d.4-2-1961; m.Henry Harrison Dillinger. I think Rebecca and Henry lived in Westmoreland Co., PA. Does anyone have anything else on any of them? Any info will be appreciated and I will share any info that I have. Thanks Rose in Indiana

Hello List Members, My name is Peggy Wilson and our Basinger line only goes back to Henry Sylvester Basinger>Mo>AR so far. Surnames: BASINGER, SANDERS, HERRELL, LYLES, WILSON Henry Sylvester BASINGER married Bertie Jane SANDERS b. 3 September 1899 MO>AR they had the following children: 2) Ernest b. unknown d. unknown + m. Wanda 2) George b. unknown d. unknown + m. unknown 2) Ruby Inez b. unknown d. unknown + m. Ralph Patterson 2) Marvin Sylvester b. 6 Mar 1912 d. 15 Oct 1995 - AR + m. Anna Wagner 2) Arvil b. abt 1913 d. unknown + m. Ida 2) Mary Goldie b. 18 Mar 1915 + m. Cebert Harrison Herrell + m. Ted Wagner 2) Claude b. 03 Oct 1919 d. Mar 1994- AR + m. Roxie 2) Gladys b. 09 Sept 1924 + m. Tom Herrell 2) Joe Wayne b. 22 July 1929 d. April 1984 - AR + m. Evelyn If we share any connections, let me know. Thanks! Each inquiry brings us one step closer . . .Peggy Wilson

Hey Everyone, First time to post to this list. Seeking contact with descendants of John Edmond Basinger (1868 MO - 1950 TX) and Margaret Jane Ragan (1871 MS - 1951 OK). He was the son of William Barton Basinger and Lucinda ??. She was the daughter of Winfield Scott Ragan and Francis Cissiere Perkins. They are both buried in the McKnight Cem. N of Hollis, Harmon Co, OK. They had the following known children: 1) Maudie Elmina b. 1890 Hunt Co TX 2) Francis Ann b. 1892 3) Minnie Lee b. 1894 4) Delbert b. 1896 5) Willie Pearl b. 1898 6) Joe 7) Millard 8) Bonnie Mae b. 1901. The last seven children were b. in Cooke Co TX. They moved to Harmon Co OK by 1909. Any contact will be greatly appreciated. Harold in New Orleans [email protected]