Got this off the Emanuel Co list hope it helps someone. Sandra >I received this from another list and felt it was worth sharing. > > Carol > >WAGON TRAINS WEST > >Someone recently asked about tracking wagon trains that went West. Wagon >masters often kept diaries and records, which were later donated to local >genealogical societies. Newspapers in towns along the trail--such as Omaha, >Kearney, and Ogallala, Nebraska--announced the arrival of wagon trains. Web >sites can assist you in finding wagon train trails, records, and artifacts. >One site you may want to check out is > > http://www.pbs.org/trailofhope/stories.html > >Wagon trains associated with specific churches might be recorded in church >records in the town of arrival or departure. For instance, a Catholic priest >of Garryowen Parish, Dubuque County, Iowa, led a wagon train West during the >Gold Rush. Lists of the members who accompanied him are recorded in the >church diocese records in Dubuque.