Hi Ed, I don't know that this was necessarily true for just German immigrants, but I've been told that a route down south through Kentucky and then up again into Indiana was not uncommon due to general lack of easy trails/roads through Pennsylvania at that time. Can anyone else corroborate that (one way or the other)? Jill Arthur Barry <.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.> Researching surnames in: INDIANA - Arthur, Murnan, McGahey MICHIGAN - Boboltz, Mitchell, Doezema, WISCONSIN - Barry, Oravez, Hadrian and tons more. . . > Hi listers, I am curious to know the most common path that German Immigrants > would take coming into Indiana in the middle 1800's. How would they get there > from NY city? thanks for any help, Ed Lohr > > researching Lohr, Loehr, Hilgers, Birgel, & Ketteler > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >
What about the Ohio River route from Pittsburgh to Indiana so many used, especially in the early 1800s? Marie Kevin & Jill Barry & Family wrote: > Hi Ed, > > I don't know that this was necessarily true for just German immigrants, but > I've been told that a route down south through Kentucky and then up again > into Indiana was not uncommon due to general lack of easy trails/roads > through Pennsylvania at that time. Can anyone else corroborate that (one > way or the other)? > > Jill Arthur Barry > <.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.><.> > Researching surnames in: > INDIANA - Arthur, Murnan, McGahey > MICHIGAN - Boboltz, Mitchell, Doezema, > WISCONSIN - Barry, Oravez, Hadrian > and tons more. . . > > > Hi listers, I am curious to know the most common path that German Immigrants > > would take coming into Indiana in the middle 1800's. How would they get there > > from NY city? thanks for any help, Ed Lohr > > > > researching Lohr, Loehr, Hilgers, Birgel, & Ketteler > > > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog