My observation of some posts on rootsweb (various localities) is that among the younger generations of genealogists, there seems to be ignorance of how difficult it was for families to migrate in early days. Along with family history, we all need to study social history. I wish more American history books had more information about financial panics and depressions. At least one of these in the 1830s caused some of my families to migrate farther west. This clipping was recently posted on the Henderson Co. Kentucky rootsweb. Henderson Co. is across the Ohio River from Evansville, Indiana. Message Board Post: On the Move A family named PIGG occupying a two horse wagon, passed through this place Tuesday evening. They hailed from McMinnville, Tenn., and were en route for Henderson County, where they had formally lived. They had covered the distance so far, in nine days, and showed very plainly the evidences of hard travel. A few days since, two wagons passed through, destined for Georgia. The latter from from Northern Minnesota, and had been nine weeks on the road and expected to complete their journey in two weeks more. Everything was in good condition, and the layout was in jubilant spirits. (Source: Earlington (Ky.) Bee, Thur., Dec. 5, 1895) E.W.Wallace