This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRFBAIB/1419.1.1.1 Message Board Post: robert, to tell you the truth iam not sure where the sawyer family started off from. it is very hard i havent found anything on sawyer family. only thing i have is dan sawyer was white male and not sure if he was born in 1862 or if he lived in mo. then i know he live in mo in 1900 because he was on the fed census then. his wife name was letha and her maden name was ragsdale. but on this paper it states dan lived in ky and ragsdale family live in tn and nc and sc so see the sawyer and ragsdale family iam serching for could be part of your anstry. but it might not be also. can you please send me what information you have and iam trying ever way to trace this. but like you no luck yet. any information would be welcome. debra