This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zg.2ADI/797.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Jack - I thought I answered this already but I don't see it on the board so I must have made a mistake. I have a hard time visualizing how people travelled across the country in those days, especially those with little or no money. I am new to this and have the luxury of picking up after some great work of other relatives. Can I ask how you obtained a copy of your g-g-grandmother's will? Was everyone required to file one? I have a 99 1/2 great aunt that remembers some of the talk of the pioneers when she was young. There were some that were still alive into the 1920's in the group. She said that they all couldn't believe how hard it was. They said this even after a rather affluent period of farming!