Date: Sun, 01 Jun 97 15:02:09 EDT From: "Charles S. Miller" <CSMILLR@VM.SC.EDU> Subject: Sasser Family To: l-request@ROOTSWEB.COM I am relatively new to all this and, therefore, I do not know what has come bef ore I joined this discussion list. I am a descendant of Thomas Sasser of Burke and Screven County, Georgia. I understand that he is a descendant of William of Wayne County, NC. It would be very helpful to me to review the 18th century information you all h ave gathered on the Sassers in NC. Unlike some others, apparently, I DO THINK it is significant that he had sons named Howell and Britton. There are several Howells in the Burke-Screven area but relatively few, if any, Brittons. If th ere are records in NC that show the presence of either of these two families in areas where the Sassers lived, then, I believe, that is significant. I wish I had known about this discussion group a couple of weeks ago. My wife and I just returned from a long Memorial Day weekend in Delaware. I had time on my hands and it would have been relatively easy to drive down from Middletow n and check out records on the Delmarva Peninsula. Has anyone checked to see if any of these records have been published? If not, is anyone near enough Baltimore to check the Maryland House of Records (this may be at Annapolis, I am not certain). Maryland records are SUPPOSED to have been kept superbly. Their Archives is a treasure house for historians in that there are many more than for VA for the same period. Anyone able to make the trip? These records as well as those for NC need to be compiled. Until this is done, there will be lots of conversation and speculation but little real genealogy. Again, however, let me say that this is new to me and I do not know what has preceded my entry to the conversation/discussion. Thanks. ------------------------------