Ron, To the best of my knowledge, none of my LONG family traveled to Iowa. My line began, per my research, in Somerset Co. PA, moved to Coshocton/Holmes/Tuscarawas Co. OH and then on to Owen/Clay/LaGrange Co. IN. Some did more west into KS. My HENRICKS ancestor spent some time in Clinton Co. IA. Peg At 06:59 PM 8/17/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Peg, > >Did any of your Longs wind up in Iowa? I have Longs in my line and most of >them came from Iowa In the 1800's my Second Great Grand father was David B. >Long. I'm not sure where in Iowa but his daughter was born in Clarke County >Iowa. > >Ron Dowse >rdowse@palmain.com > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > Peg Adams http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3052/ Adams Home Page Researching: ADAMS, ATWATER, BERGEY, CODY, CRAVEN, CUSTER, DECKER, EBERHARD, FRENCH, GONSER, HACKENBERG, HAINES, HARBSTER, HENRICKS, KEEFER, KENESTRICK, LOGAN, LONG, MACHAN, McCLEAN, PARKER, PRESTON, ROW, SCHMIDT http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5802/ Home page for the River Bend Chapter of Sweet Adelines, International

Evening, Just spent a half hour or so perusing a stack of unread email on this list. *grin* happens all the time in the summer. A few thoughts - and my apologies to the originator - I will always be intrigued by migratory nature of my Weatherly ancestry. According to family legend the line was brought to the colonies by my 5th great grandfather Abner (of Wales), a casualty of the Battle of Guilford Court House. From his day until my fathers generation - none in my line died in the state in which they were born. From NC, VA, TN IN IA MN each generation faced a new frontier. While my immediate line turned north from IA - other descendants of my 3g-grandfather went south from IA to MO and on to TX. Others bypassed MN for ND then west to OR and WA. Over time I have become even more fascinated with the similiar paths followed by so many of our ancestors. If we stop to consider a moment we should not find that so unusual. Many of these families had sojourned together in the past. That knowledge and association had to prove important when the time came to move on. I believe that a strong motivator for the movement from NC - VA to IN was the slave movement. My line moved on to IA when my 3g-grandfather died at age 52 in Owen County. Was this in reaction to the illness that claimed him - or that the eldest son had already migrated to IA - providing home and shelter for Mother and younger siblings? I am always thrilled when I see a surname that I grew up with in southwestern Minnesota appear in North Carolina. I found a reference to my 4g-grandfather in the ancestry of a family who appeared in MN who became friends with my father and uncle - completely unaware that there was a common ancestor a few generations back. I think that we no longer appreciate the continuity of community that brought our ancestors onto this continent and fostered the exploration and settlement of it over the past 300 hundred years. Someone mentioned Land Office records. Thanks for the reminder - I had laid that aside a while back. The jog in memory triggered a thought that I had not entertained in the past. As a result I found a land grant to what almost certainly is my paternal grandmothers great grandfather. At the moment it is primarily conjecture - the given name is the middle name of her grandfather - - - And I know that her grandmother was visiting relatives in the given county when her grandfather died. Thanks for the little clues - Oh yes - there were "computers" back in 1982. Actually there were computers long before that. While not revealing more than I care to - I will tell you that the first computer that I "programmed" - I did it by moving wires from one point to another. By the time we got to 1982 the IBM PC was either on the market - or a poorly kept secret. As some one else observed - they will crash - you will lose data - you will not have the backup you wish you had when the inevitable occurs. It was no easier to back up 200k of data on a 400k total data capacity system than it is today to back up 40gig of data. There has never been an easy way to do so - - - in fact I could write a new "law." The more important the data is to you the more difficult it will be to back up - - - and the more likely it will be lost in a crash of some sort. So -- just a point of curiosity. Has anyone on this list ever heard of the Hillsville, VA Gun Show - or attended it ?? I ask because my father-in-law is one of the individuals in Hillsville who becomes a minor slum landlord for the few days it is on. This small town of 5 - 6 thousand grows to more than 50 thousand while it happens. - - - and I am damned fool enough to have assured the in-laws that we would be there this year for the GS. Maybe it is because I am looking for company in my misery! Night all! @W@

I do not mean to confound your situation, but I know there were people from Somerset, PA who settled in Monona Co., Iowa. There are Long's there, but I believe they came there from Logan Co., IL, between Chestnut and Mt. Pulaski. Doug and Peg Adams wrote: > Ron, > > To the best of my knowledge, none of my LONG family traveled to Iowa. My > line began, per my research, in Somerset Co. PA, moved to > Coshocton/Holmes/Tuscarawas Co. OH and then on to Owen/Clay/LaGrange Co. > IN. Some did more west into KS. > > My HENRICKS ancestor spent some time in Clinton Co. IA. > > Peg > > At 06:59 PM 8/17/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi Peg, > > > >Did any of your Longs wind up in Iowa? I have Longs in my line and most of > >them came from Iowa In the 1800's my Second Great Grand father was David B. > >Long. I'm not sure where in Iowa but his daughter was born in Clarke County > >Iowa. > > > >Ron Dowse > >rdowse@palmain.com > > > > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > > Peg Adams > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3052/ Adams Home Page > Researching: ADAMS, ATWATER, BERGEY, CODY, CRAVEN, CUSTER, DECKER, > EBERHARD, FRENCH, GONSER, HACKENBERG, HAINES, HARBSTER, HENRICKS, KEEFER, > KENESTRICK, LOGAN, LONG, MACHAN, McCLEAN, PARKER, PRESTON, ROW, SCHMIDT > > http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5802/ Home page for the River Bend > Chapter of Sweet Adelines, International > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ====

Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug and Peg Adams" <dmadams@skyenet.net> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [INOWEN] DUNCAN > Ron, > > To the best of my knowledge, none of my LONG family traveled to Iowa. My > line began, per my research, in Somerset Co. PA, moved to > Coshocton/Holmes/Tuscarawas Co. OH and then on to Owen/Clay/LaGrange Co. > IN. Some did more west into KS. > > My HENRICKS ancestor spent some time in Clinton Co. IA. > > Peg > > > At 06:59 PM 8/17/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi Peg, > > > >Did any of your Longs wind up in Iowa? I have Longs in my line and most of > >them came from Iowa In the 1800's my Second Great Grand father was David B. > >Long. I'm not sure where in Iowa but his daughter was born in Clarke County > >Iowa. > > > >Ron Dowse > >rdowse@palmain.com > > > > > >==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > > > Peg Adams > > > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3052/ Adams Home Page > Researching: ADAMS, ATWATER, BERGEY, CODY, CRAVEN, CUSTER, DECKER, > EBERHARD, FRENCH, GONSER, HACKENBERG, HAINES, HARBSTER, HENRICKS, KEEFER, > KENESTRICK, LOGAN, LONG, MACHAN, McCLEAN, PARKER, PRESTON, ROW, SCHMIDT > > > > http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5802/ Home page for the River Bend > Chapter of Sweet Adelines, International > > > ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== > >