Hello list -- I have spent quite a bit of time wondering how my Billingsley ancestors (Clement and Cynthia/Rebecca), with their many, many children of several generations, migrated from Stafford Co., Virginia, to Autauga Co., Alabama, in the early 1830s. At my most romantic, I pictured them traveling in wagons and walking, over a number of years. I especially wondered how the women handled the feeding, clothing, and cleaning of their families (since I assume they had primary responsibility for those tasks). Well, through a wonderful map a person on the Cuba list discovered, I've just learned that, according to an 1839 map, the Georgia railroad connected Stafford Co. to Montgomery, AL. So, it seems quite possible that the whole passel of them trekked to Alabama by train! Does anyone have good information on the usual forms of migration from the mid-Atlantic states to Alabama in the 1830s (motivated in part, I assume, by the availability of land)? Here's the link for the map, at the Library of Congress "American Memory page: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html At the home page, click "Collection Finder," then "Maps" from the right-hand menu. Scroll down and click "Railroad maps, 1828-1900," then "Browse by Geographic Location," then "Southern States," then "United States - Southern States [1839]." Other selections back at the "Maps" page also have interesting maps. Pat, in Texas