Hi everyone, During the course of my research I have found that several sources seem to indicate that one of my ancestors was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1719. His name was Michael Messinger (and variants... including Moessinger). His family was German and protestant. They immigrated to the US in 1732. They may have lived around the area of Mossingen or Reutlingen before coming to Basel. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this time period and area. It would be great if anyone had advice as to how I should procede in trying to veryify that my ancestor did come from Basel, and how to procede if he did. I was wondering what sort of records I shoudl look at / where to find them / etc. Thanks! ~Michael Messinger~