Hello list, I found an interesting web site which talks about the routes people followed as they migrated west. There is brief mention of Astoria and Fulton County in connection with one of the routes. Only a couple of family names were mentiond: BeHymers and Toney. The web site is one of a series with articles written by a historian with the Brethren / Dunkard churches. This site is of interest to me because several of my Fulton and McDonough County families were connected with the Brethren churches in the Astoria area and the old Coal Creek Church near Farmington. http://www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife_migrations.htm#ioway Some of my Fulton family names are: BOLLINGER, BROWN, BOYD, SCHISLER, NEBERGALL, GREWELL. Regards, Bob