Liz, Everytime I've seen your posts concerning your Casner/Carsner/Carsoner family I am reminded of a woman from my childhood. I finally decided to mention her to you 'just in case' it could eventually lead you to more information. I grew up in Roseburg, Douglas County, OR in the 1950's. My mother had made friends with an elderly woman who lived up on the corner. I don't know whether she was new to the area or not. But, everyone knew everyone in the little neighborhood. And, the lady was new to me, so it was possible that she just moved there maybe as a widow or to be closer to her family or 'downsizing from a farm', who knows? This neighborhood itself goes back to the early railroad days, and is now on the historical registry. Anyway, the little elderly lady's name was (my pronunciation) "Mrs. Kesner". When I say, 'my pronunciation', I mean I had no way of knowing how her name was spelled, that's just what I was told to call her. So... could be a lead for you. 1950's - Douglas County, OR ... she looked to be maybe in her 70's or 80's to me. Not sure what that would translate outside of a child's eyes. LOL! Sorry I can't be of more help. Blessings! Vicki ~*~*~"Preserving Our Heritage"~*~*~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Preserving_Our_Heritage/ ~*~Preserving the Past for the Future~*~ ~~~ > I know that there are descendants of my line (the Casner, Carsner, > Carsoner) out there and I would love to make contact, but it seems I'm the > only one interested at this point. I would love to drive to OR and spend > several months just going from county to county and see what I could find, > but unfortunately this will not happen. I've done all the 'long distance' > research possible. I know there is that one person out there in cyber > space somewhere, one day, we will make contact and answer each other's > questions. > > Keep up the good work! It is appreciated. > > Liz Freeman In OK!

Vicki: Thanks for the tidbit of information. I'll see what I can locate - it is often this sort of 'tip' that finds things for me. I have found the name spelled so many different ways it is almost unreal - at one time in history it did start with a K. And I find these people in the most unusual places. I live in Oklahoma and for the most part the ancestors were in WA, OR, CA, TX, AZ, NM, UT, ID,NV, IA, MO, AR, KS (tons of them in OR). But low and behold I found the wife and daughter of one buried in the SE part of OK just this past month. She had remarried (4 times) and somehow managed to get to OK circa 1900 - we didn't have railroads in that part of the country until the early 1920s. Again, my appreciation. Liz Freeman >Liz, > >Everytime I've seen your posts concerning your Casner/Carsner/Carsoner >family I am reminded of a woman from my childhood. I finally decided to >mention her to you 'just in case' it could eventually lead you to more >information.