STUART WALLACE wrote: > > Dear Valorie, > > I've been a list member for a few weeks and I see that most people are > looking for basingers and similar names in America, as an Englishman who's > g,grandmother was aMaria Basinger in the 1880's I was interested to see that > it is perceived that all basingers arrived from central europe. As far as I know, my own family group traveled from the Alsace to Pennsylvania in the 1770s. > However I have come across basingers in Scotland 1680's Ireland 1700 and a > small group in London 1800 plus a few other groups in various counties of > England. I don't know if all Baysinger/Basingers are related.... > It was always believed that my g,grandmother came from Irish Stock. It isn't an Irish name, IMO, but there were many Palatines who emigrated to Ireland. It makes sense that other Germans would have come to Ireland, too. > I started looking because I thought that I might have an American cousin > called KIM?? > I can but hope. > > regards > > Stuart wallace Perhaps if you post more particulars? And I suggest posting a query to our Baysinger Query board, too. <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/bay/Baysinger> All the best, Valorie