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From: "Gale Sanders" <>
Subject: Re: [SANDERS] First Sanders In America
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 19:09:02 -0600


Hey Don,

I agree totally, with everything that you've said. That's what I've read
and seen. Too bad, as I'm still looking for my ancestor's parents and
beginning to think we may never find them.

When's your next issue of SANDERS SIFTINGS coming out? I can't wait to get
it. I forgot, is it quarterly or what?

Best to you,
Gale Sanders


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From: "Don Schaefer" <>
To:
Subject: Re: [SANDERS] First Sanders In America
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:47:56 -0600

>I am just curious about something. I belong to another family list also,
>Gentry, and the ancestors from that family came to America in about 1680
and
>it is pretty well documented that one of the two brothers that came here
is
>the ancestor of all of the descendants that are in America. Is there any
>information out there on the Sanders family that would let us know how the
>Sander's line came to America? If anyone has any information like that
would
>you mind sending it to me? I love to hear about the beginning years that
my
>family spent here. Thank you for any information that any of you have.

There is no such thing as the "first Sanders in America" that are limited
to even a handful of patriarchs. Sanders and Saunders came to America over
a long period of time and from many different locations in England,
Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and God only knows where else. It is a
very common name. Since many of the early arrivals were from England or
other parts of the British Empire, they were not immigrants and we may find
no records. There are records of many who came as indentured servants. I
have found that most genealogists researching their Sanders or Saunders
have not been successful in "jumping the big pond" unless their immigrant
ancestors came in recent years. I would welcome other opinions.


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(501) 521-1229 The University of Arkansas has changed
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