Stuart, Depending on the era, river travel or wagon was the only way. There were many riverboats up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers until the late 1800s. He probably went there because there was family there. At 06:43 PM 3/20/2012, you wrote: >From: Stuart Bechman <[email protected]> > >I have a couple of emigration records of possible ancestors living >(in their time) in Cincinnati, OH that allegedly came from Baden to >New Orleans before ending up in Cincinnati. But I have been very >skeptical that someone would emigrate to Cincinnati through New >Orleans: New York or Philadelphia would seem far more reasonable, >but I have so far not found similar records of family members coming >through those ports. > >Does anyone on this list have reason to accept such a claim? Why >would someone travel from New Orleans to Cincinnati to settle when >there were so many other more convenient towns along the way to homestead? > >-Stuart ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4f6930fe61c4923c7bdast05vuc