Does anyone know why so many people migrated from Edwards, White, and Wayne, Co's IL to Ripley Co., MO? I thought it was just my family but I see that it happened in many families and I find it curious. Thank you for any answers. Geri geri@beecreek.net

People did travel in groups for safety and support, often by river (such as the Ohio) or by wagon trains of ox-carts, etc. Sometimes they were leaving droughts or disease epicemics. They also responded as groups to land offers and homestead acts. Families, in-laws and neighbors would often make up a group. Geri wrote:Does anyone know why so many people migrated from Edwards, White, and Wayne, Co's IL to Ripley Co., MO? I thought it was just my family but I see that it happened in many families and I find it curious. Thank you for any answers. Geri geri@beecreek.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!