I have other family lines moving from Mercer Co., PA, to Iowa and Nebraska during the same time period as those posted in Digest #20 on April 21. I don't have time today to sort it all out, but if you'll stay in touch and remind me then perhaps we can all figure out what this mass migration was all about. I assume that it has to do with land sales and new territory; more likely a new credit land sale policy. Later - Rich