Dear Adrian, If you only KNEW how much work I have put into TRYING to "spruce up" the webpage during the last two months. My old computer went down on me the first of December and I had to spend all my savings just before Christmas to buy a new one. It has Word97 and I saw that it had a webpublishing program built in, with much more capbabilities than my old web publishing probram so I decided to try it. I have had nothing but problems so far. First, I purposely created all the files as "HTML" files with that extension. Then, I find that GeoCities' file manager cannot handle a file with more than 8 characters and when you start out as a HTML file, and you have 8 characters in the file name, that means their file manager counts "sasser.html" as 11 characters. Their file manger will change the name of your file and insert a "~" and a "1" in each of your files--then it tells you that it cannot find any such file name. Well, it took me almost two whole months to learn what was wrong. I had to spend more than a week changing all my file names from "html" to "htm" and then change all the links on every page to read "html"--because AFTER they are uploaded, the file names automatically become "html", so the links must be named that beforehand in order to work. Sound crazy?? YES! That is just PART of my problems. This darn NEW computer keeps changing my files. I have been trying to use tables so that I can have columns that make obituaries look like they would in a printed newsletter or newspaper. HOWEVER, over and over,for two months now, the computer keeps DELETING ALL of my obits. I go to the effort of typing them out, saving the page. Then when I reopen the page, all of the obits are gone. The rest of the page is OK. On other pages, the headlines and whole paragraphs CHANGE type size. I type out a page, save it, then when I reopen it, I find an entire paragraph has become size 14 or bigger and is boldened. The more I work on a page, the worse it becomes. Some pages become so corrupted, I just have to delete the entire page--over and over. I have been working about a week and a half now trying to type up a section on men who served in military units during the War, listing the names, company, regiment and rank. I discovered some time ago that you could type out something like this and than insert it with the <pre> command (for "preformatted") and the style would not be changed. But my darn computer CHANGES it EVERY time. The program is CHANGING the columns and jamming all the info together. It is CHANGING the text from Times Roman to "Courier New" and changing the size from normal 12 to 10. I NEVER use Courier text and I NEVER size 10. I have gone back and changed it manually from Courier to Times Roman several dozen times and corrected the size. No effect. I have deleted the whole page several times and started over again. No effect. I have raised cain with the manufacturer only to get an email back a week or so later saying "this is a software problem and not our problem". Microsoft says any software installed by the manufacturer is THEIR problem. After threatening to either take the darn thing back to the store and demanind my money back--or suing the manufacturer, they finally told me to completely restore my hard drive. I will lose everything on it and it will take quite a while to copy all the files I have on it. Not to mention a heck of a lot of disks to save it all on--more cost to me. I have spent literally hundreds of hours on this mess. I do have some fairly nice looking pages ready to upload. I will be switching from my present server, SwiftSite, to GeoCities because they offer four times as much space for one-fourth the cost. That will mean more work to change the URL address with all the search engines. I will try to get some of the files uploaded tonight and over the next few days. IF this darn computer would not change and delete what I do, I could already have had some nice looking stuff online two months ago. It really burns me up to watch all my work get lost on a NEW computer that I spent everything I had on. I bought it at CompUSA in Atlanta and that is a 260 round trip--or else I would have already taken it back. My old car can't be trusted again with that long a trip now. More later... Your cuz, Robert Earl

You are subscribed to the Sasser list. One must be subscribed to the list before you may send to the list. It is a closed list to help prevent spam(er's). Feel free to post any query about a Sasser or a descendent of a Sasser.. Don -----Original Message----- From: Bright2 <Bright2@aol.com> To: SASSER-l@rootsweb.com <SASSER-l@rootsweb.com> Cc: Bright2@aol.com <Bright2@aol.com> Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 8:57 PM Subject: * * Subscribe? > > >- Is this where I go to SUBSCRIBE? > >- And tell me more .... >

A query from R L Bussler........ From: RLBussler <RLBussler@aol.com> Subject: Re: Sasser name >My grandmother was Jeannie Ethel Sasser. Her parents were Dell and Molly >Sasser. They had 16 children: >1. Albert, 2) Jennie, born 4 April 1892, 3) Anne in Texas, 4) Etta Dean, 5) >Bertha Maddox/Mattox, 6) May Ellenberg, 7) J.D., Fathe and Lottie 8) Noah, >9) Ruby Farris/Ferris, 10) Alvenia Raley, 11) Ed, 12) Jessie, 13) Ott, and >14-16) ??? >They lived in south east Alabama .. > >Jeannie married Noah Cogburn from Alabama but moved to Sanford, FL in the >30-40's. > >Thank you for any help you may contributed. > >Linda Bussler >

Does anyone have Mrs. Presswood's email? I lost it! Adrian

I am looking for Ann, does anyone have her email? Adrian

Been out for a while due to a fire and have lost my place. So I am resubmitting to all my list.....Can you tell me about any of the following people. Generation No. 1 1. LOUIS M.1 SASSER was born Abt. 1805. He married ELIZABETH (SASSER) UNK. Child of LOUIS SASSER and ELIZABETH UNK is: 2. i. LOUIS HENRY2 SASSER, b. 1825, North Carolina. Generation No. 2 2. LOUIS HENRY2 SASSER (LOUIS M.1) was born 1825 in North Carolina. He married TEMPERENCE ELIZABETH "TEMPIE" (SASSER) DYASS December 25, 1845 in Stewart County, Georgia. Children of LOUIS SASSER and TEMPERENCE DYASS are: i. JASPER "JAP" NEWTON3 SASSER, b. June 28, 1849, Henry County, Alabama; d. September 5, 1925, Buried Memphis, Hall County, Texas; m. EASTER ANALISSA "MALISSA" (SASSER) ALLEN, September 17, 1874, Haleburg, Henry County, Alabama. ii. SOLOMON T. SASSER, b. 1852. iii. RACHEL JANE SASSER, b. 1858. iv. JAMES. P. SASSER, b. January 1860. v. SUSAN H. SASSER, b. 1867, Henry County, Alabama. Jimmy Allen Missouri City, Texas jamesdallen@worldnet.att.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/l/James-D-Allen/ http://home.att.net/~jamesdallen/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4909/ http://sanantonio.ebgi.com/robertson/index.htm http://www.delrio.com/~fsanders/

Charles Vasco Sasser, married Mellie Gray. Does anyone have Charles's father's name? He may be from Laurel Co., KY. Thanks, Don

Dear Adrian and the rest of the family, About the spellings in PRINTED census records. All too often, our family name has been mistakenly corrupted in recent published census indexes. This makes it very hard to find an ancestor in these indices. For instance, the "SAPER" spelling that you list from the 1810 North Carolina printed index is NOT how the original record actually is written. This again is a classic example of inexperienced researchers mis-reading the double "ss" as a "p". It can also be mis-read as a "f" (written "backward"). When some genealogical publishing companies began compiling state census records to print them a few years ago, they had a limited staff just were not familiar with huge numbers of family names. They couldn't take the time to check out each and every unusual name. Sadly, these books are now widely circulated and many new family researchers are unable to locate their ancestors because the spelling has entered print with a corrupted spelling. I haven't found STEPHEN Sr. in the 1850 census yet either. His son, STEPHEN Jr. was in Pike County, near his brother LEWIS and JAMES SASSER. However, neither of these three families are listed in the 1850 Mississippi Index that I have checked. In fact, WILLIAM SASSER is the ONLY Sasser listed in this particular published index. I have found the printed "SAPER" version several times but always, when I checked the original census itself, I found it is actually a double ss. I have even found where the authors of index books have misread the initial S as an L and printed the name as LASER or LAPER. On top of this problem, we also face the other problem of the name being spelled poorly in the original records by the census takers. They ofen could only barely read and write and had to do the best they could in spelling names. So when you are checking printed index books, always look for several different spellings. Your cuz, Robert Earl Woodham

I have been doing some Census work on the Stephen Sasser line. I have him in Wayne Co. NC. I have him going through the indian lands through GA in 1810. I haven't been able to find him in 1840 or 1850 Census in MS. Does any one have an explanation for this? I have located land records in MS on Stephen and his sons, Lewis, James, William & Joseph in the late 1850's on the MS Land Record Cd. Also is there really a place called Sasser City? Where is it? Also, where does everyone get Joseph's father was Richard b. England? My mother had gotten her Sasser information from a book and I had some questions and thought that the family members would be the best place to start. Thanks for any tips on this family. Adrian xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Johnston Co. NC 1784-1787, State Census William Sasser 1-2-5-0-0 Arthor Sasser 1-0-2-0-0 Abil Sasser 1-1-1-0-0 *********************** 1800 Anson Co. NC Census Joseph Sasser 2-0-1-0-1-2-1-1-0-1-0-0 Richard Sasser 0=0=0=1-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-0 ********************* 1810 Wayne Co. NC Census Stephen Sasser 2-0-1-0-1-2-0-2-0-1-0-1 William Sasser 1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Joseph Sasser 3-1-1-1-0-3-2-0-1-0-0-0 John Saper 2-2-2-0-1-1-0-2-0-1-0-0 John Saper Jr. 1-1-0-1-0-2-1-0-1-1-0-0 Henry Saper 2-0-1-0-0-1-9-1-0-0-0-1 Edward Saper 2-0-1-1-0-2-0-1-0-0-0-2 Charity Saper 3-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0-8 **************** 1810 Anson Co. NC Census Mary Sasser (Joseph's Widow) 0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0 ******** 1820 Anson Co. NC Census Mary Sasser (Joseph's Widow) 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1- John Sasser 2-0-0-0-1-0-1-1-0-1 ******************************** They are not Listed in the 1840, 1850, 1860 Census of MS, AL, TN or LA. ******************************

I wanted to know if anyone out there has old photos of Bardin Sasser & Pherbe/Pheobe (Jones) Sasser, Abraham Henry Sasser & Margaret Elizabeth (Hammack) Sasser or this is really going back in time, but of Henry Sasser & Nancy (Kirby) Sasser. I am looking for real photos which a copy (not a Xeroxed copy) can be made. I will happily pay to have the negative made a copy made from that negative. Our Sasser group in Oregon is also looking for photos of distant relatives, but the same requirements are wanted. We will pay to have negatives & photos made. Thanks for any help you can give us. Dixie Ricker Evans & Ricker, Inc 7405 SW Tech Center Drive Portland, OR 97223 Phone: 503-639-9296 Fax: 503-684-1411 e-mail: dixie@locktrack.com website: www.locktrack.com

-----Original Message----- From: Stephens, Larry V <stephenl@INDIANA.EDU> To: ROOTS-AND-OTHERS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU <ROOTS-AND-OTHERS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 3:31 PM Subject: [ROOTS-AND-OTHERS-L] FW: Telephone Scam (from the lists owner) >For those of you not familiar with these lists, I use this list to >communicate with everyone on listserv lists here at indiana.edu. > > >I'm not in the habit of commenting on scams, spams, and viruses here, >but this one has been verified by our Purchasing people here at IU and I >did receive a question about it awhile back. Since it could cost some of >you a lot of $$, I'm passing this along for your benefit. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Smith, Patrick L [SMTP:plsmith@indiana.edu] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 2:55 PM >> To: TOPS Requisition Users >> Subject: Telephone Scam >> >> I apologize to those of you who will receive duplications of >> this message but multiple lists are being used to pass this >> information. >> >> This message was forwarded to us and has been verified with AT&T >> and the Bloomington Campus Telecommunications Dept. It is true, and >> should to be transmitted widely. >> >> This is not a new scam but certainly one that has not gone away. >> >> If you receive a call from anyone identifying themselves as a >> telephone technician performing a test, and this person asks you to >> touch >> nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#), and then hang up - REFUSE TO >> DO SO! >> >> By pushing 90# you are giving the individual that called you >> access to your telephone line and allowing them to place long distance >> telephone calls, with the charge appearing on your telephone bill. We >> were further informed that this scam has been originating from many of >> the local jails/prisons. Please pass the word. >> >> >> >

In the 1880 Texas Census ......... County; Red River Sasser J.F. W M 33 ALA GA NC F.C. W W F WIFE 28 AL SC GA M.J. W D AU 8 TX J.S. W M SON 3 TX S.A. W M SON 2 TX PANOLA CO. TX SASSER H.J. W M 58 GA NC NC SIFFLY(?) W F 48 GA GA GA WILLIAM W M 8 TX GA GA JOHN W M 4 TX THOCKMORTON CO., TX. SASSER, OSCAR W M 32 TX LESTHE W F 19 ? BOUGDUE, GABE W M 12 ROLLIE W F 10 The film was very hard to read. I tried to copy the spelling of the names as best as I could. Does anyone have these Sasser's Don

I just joined the Sasser distribution list after learning of it from Don Sasser. I'm a descendent of Henry Sasser and Nancy Kirby. My line of ancestors is 1. Henry Sasser (b. 29 Mar 1778, d. 11 Jan 1859) > 2. Arthur Sasser (b. 23 Mar 1818, d. 15 Jan. 1899) > 3. William Henry Sasser (b. 29 Mar 1850, d. 28 Jul 1907) > 4. Laura Anna Sasser (b. 10 Jan 1875, d. 19 Jan 1963) > 5. Cecil Evelyn Jones (b. 15 Mar 1901) > 6. Herbert James Howe (b. 31 Jan 1931) > 7. Arthur James Howe (b. 17 Apr 1960). FYI, my family history including everything that I've got on the Sasser line is posted at http://members.tripod.com/~arthowe/. Although I have not independently researched the Sasser line, my mother Ann Baird Howe has collected substantial information on the descendents of those Sasser family members who migrated from Kentucky to eastern Oregon in the latter half of the 19th century. Art Howe Arthur J. Howe Schopf & Weiss 304 West Randolph Chicago, Illinois 60606 312.701.9336 312.701.9335 (fax) howe@sw.com http://www.sw.com/

Does any one have knowledge of Ann or Lisle Hale??? I found this at http://members.tripod.com/~arthowe/g0000051.html#I1633 Don %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% !BIRTH: According to "The Sasser Family." MARRIAGE: According to "The Sasser Family," which records that Henry Sasser and Nancy Kirby obtained their marriage bond on 26 February 1812 in Smithfield, North Carolina, and were wed on 12 March 1812. Ann Baird Howe records that the date of the marriage was 10 March 1812. DEATH: According to "The Sasser Family." BURIAL: According to "The Sasser Family," which records that he was buried in the Old Sasser Cemetary on his farm. PLACES OF RESIDENCE: Johnston County, North Carolina; Laurel County, Kentucky. According to Ann Baird Howe, Henry Sasser and his wife Nancy moved with ten children from Johnston County, North Carolina to Laurel County, Kentucky in about 1826. OCCUPATION: According to Ann Baird Howe, Henry Sasser was a farmer and wagon maker. FAMILY HISTORY: Arthur James Howe is in possession of a copy of a five-page typewritter document entitled "The Sasser Family" that Ann Baird Howe found in Mama's (Cecil Evelyn Jones Howe's) house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mama did not remember who gave the document to her. Ann Baird Howe has since spoken with Lisle Hale, 2371 Blackwater Road, London, Kentucky 40741. According to Ann Baird Howe, the document entitled "The Sasser Family" was "worked up by [the] Hale sisters, Lisle and Janice and [their] parents, from [their parents'] memory." Ann Baird Howe relates that this document "has been copied - incorrectly in places [and is] being reworked and double checked by Lisle now." The document entitled "The Sasser Family" states as follows: "Henry Sasser was born March 29, 1778 in Johnston County, North Carolina. He died January 11, 1859 in Laurel County, Kentucky and is buried in the 'Old' Sasser Cemetary on his farm. He was the son of William and Martha Sasser of Johnston County, N.C. His mother's maiden name is unknown." "On February 26, 1812 at Smithfield, North Carolina he and Nancy 'Nannie' Kirby obtained their marriage bond. They were wed on March 12, 1812. Nancy Kirby was born June 25, 1792 and died about 1836. Her father may have been Jesse Kirby of Johnston County, N.C."

Sorry to post again but this is the real address for it. Larry must have had a bad hair day <g> I just fwd'd them as I got them. I waited an extra day just to make sure there wasn't any mor changes. \debbie ---------- From: Stephens, Larry V Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 2:44 PM To: GENEALOGY-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [GENEALOGY-L] A followup note I should have said this: To subscribe to INHERITED-DISEASES-L send SUB INHERITED-DISEASES-L Your name to listserv@listserv.indiana.edu ============= I posted this morning about a Native American stamp, etc. The original note has also been posted to several lists with a request to forward it to 5 people. This isn't a good idea. That constitutes chain mail and somewhere I recently saw a notice that this is illegal. Please don't do that. Tell your friends, but don't bomb other lists.

After I sent the message yesterday Larry Stephens started a new list for the express purpose of tracing diseases in ancestors. You may want to file the address away. It may save lives in future generations. And I apologize to the listowner that didn't like my posting it to their list yesterday but here I am doing it again today. To subscribe to INHERITED-DISEASES-L send SUB INHERITED-DISEASES-L Your name to listserv@listserv.indiana.edu Debbie M

Just passing it on......... It does not appear to be spam. Debbie M ---------- From: Stephens, Larry V Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 2:14 PM To: GENEALOGY-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [GENEALOGY-L] Need help on an inherited illness I'm posting this to all genealogical members. Please respond to the person at the bottom of the message if you have information. ============= Desperately seeking information on MABEL IRENE TURNER b. 1895 somewhere in the vicinity of New Milford, PA. A study is needed to determine genetic structure of an inheritive illness that has migrated in this family line. It is imperative to identify her parents and siblings. Please E-mail me at Winnysuppy@aol.com Thank you.

-----Original Message----- From: talan <talan@theonramp.net> To: DLSASSER@msn.com <DLSASSER@msn.com> Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 4:58 PM Subject: Sasser Family >Hello. I am searching for Sassers from North Carolina and Texas between the >years of 1843 and 1905. Some of the names are: > > Paralee A. Sasser > Wright and Caroline Sasser > Millie or Milla Sasser > >If any of these names look familiar PLEASE e-mail me: talan@theonramp.net > > > Thank you! > >

Aden Sasser b. June 03, 1816>Henry A Sasser b. August 22, 1839> Thomas Adin Sasser b. February 22, 1869 d. October 22, 1943. Feb 6, 1998 Dear Sasser Descendants. It's hard to believe its 1998 and that time has rolled around again. Time for the 25th TOM & LELA SASSER FAMILY REUNION! I heard some of you did not receive the postcard I sent out in the fall. I'm truly sorry for that, some were returned (you moved and didn't tell me) and had been smudged so they might have gotten wet. Any way, here is all the scoop and then some you may have missed. We are trying for a central Texas location this year. The reunion will be held on June 12, 13, and 14 at Hidden Cove Park; The Colony, Texas. You'll find an enclosed brochure highlighting this park. We have reserved the group dining hall for Saturday and Sunday. If you want to go ahead and make reservations you will need to pay for full rate one day. If you have a Corp. of Engineers Golden Age Pass you will get your half price discount back when you check in. Also, if you reserve a shelter anyone in the group using the dining hall will get first choice of the shelters in that area on arrival. You can't plug in R.V.s of any kind at the shelters, but they have great sites with hook up near by. All sites are on first come first served basis, even with a reservation, but you will get one. I hope this makes sense. Has everyone been working on or, at least, thinking about bringing their auction items? Last reunion's auction was a big success. The personally made items were the favorites, painted T-shirts and vests, wind chimes, wooden vases, crocheted Items, needle point items, and paintings. There were other "white elephant" items that turned into sought after treasures , a tractor seat, jewelry boxes, old movies on video, and an O.U. cup. There were photo copies of some old family photos that really brought in the bids. Everyone had a great time, it was more fun, and more profitable than passing a hat. So, dust off those "special" items or get busy on those crafts and bring your auction items. Don't forget the kids, they enjoy bidding also. We are doing our best to get this all pulled together. If you have any questions please call one of us or my dad Tom Swails, the former president, and now reconnaissance agent. also, please send all address changes of your family members. For information contact: Susan O'Neill (secretary) 512-293-5255 508 Walnut St. Yoakum, TX 77995 Jimmy Sasser (president) 409-776-6246 2607 Arbor Drive Bryan, TX 77802 jfsasser@juno.com Dan Butler (vice president) 817-481-1112 1429 Rider Circle Grapevine, TX 76051 Take care and see you there, Susan O’Neill

Gertrude M. Crabb 02/13/1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRABB Gertrude M., age 101, of Edmond, passed away on Feb. 11, 1998 in Edmond, Ok. She was born on Jan. 6, 1897 in Yellville, Arkansas to Thomas Aden and Lela Sasser. Gertrude was a retired Postmaster of 27 years with the Arcadia Post Office. She taught school for ten years and many various country schools. Gertrude was a member of the United Methodist Church. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and I.O.O.F. Gertrude was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd M. Crabb, and eleven brothers and sisters. She was survived by her sisters-in-law, Dorothy O. Sasser of Edmond, Alice M. Sasser of Oklahoma City, Hazel Sasser of Woodenville, TX and Ann Crabb of Spencer, OK, and many nephews and nieces and their families. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 14, 1998, at Baggerley Funeral Home with burial at Arcadia I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Arcadia, Oklahoma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------