I have been researching Putnam county families, and find a similar situation to the one Pat Obrist refers to. Some of my lines come from Bath County, Kentucky - DAVIS, MCGAUGHEY, possibly MCGILL. I have thought if we could establish what families moved together, it would make the research a little easier as they often married within the family groups. This has held true for some of my other families who migrated from Ma, Vt, Ny, Pa seems a whole pack of them moved together for many years. Would it make sense to do some sort of Roll Call for the migration routes we know various families used?

Migration Routes to Putnam Co., IN From: KENTUCKY Bourbon Co. GORHAM Fleming Co. BUTLER MOSS Mason Co. BROWNING REEVES Shelby Co. BAILEY Where are your families from? (excuse the dangling preposition) Pat Bishop Obrist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Garza" <IGarza@TrammellCrow.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] MIGRATION ROUTES > I have been researching Putnam county families, and find a similar situation > to the one Pat Obrist refers to. Some of my lines come from Bath County, > Kentucky - DAVIS, MCGAUGHEY, possibly MCGILL. I have thought if we could > establish what families moved together, it would make the research a little > easier as they often married within the family groups. This has held true > for some of my other families who migrated from Ma, Vt, Ny, Pa seems a whole > pack of them moved together for many years. > > Would it make sense to do some sort of Roll Call for the migration routes we > know various families used? > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > 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 > >

I would like to add the CHASTAIN name, they also came to Putnam County, IN from Bath Co., KY. I do not recognize any of these other names, but would like to know more. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Garza" <IGarza@TrammellCrow.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] MIGRATION ROUTES > I have been researching Putnam county families, and find a similar situation > to the one Pat Obrist refers to. Some of my lines come from Bath County, > Kentucky - DAVIS, MCGAUGHEY, possibly MCGILL. I have thought if we could > establish what families moved together, it would make the research a little > easier as they often married within the family groups. This has held true > for some of my other families who migrated from Ma, Vt, Ny, Pa seems a whole > pack of them moved together for many years. > > Would it make sense to do some sort of Roll Call for the migration routes we > know various families used? > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > 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 > >

Ida, Have you considered entering your ancestors in the Migrations database? There is a link on the Putnam County GenWeb site. Sharon Bryant County Coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Garza" <IGarza@TrammellCrow.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:24 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] MIGRATION ROUTES > I have been researching Putnam county families, and find a similar situation > to the one Pat Obrist refers to. Some of my lines come from Bath County, > Kentucky - DAVIS, MCGAUGHEY, possibly MCGILL. I have thought if we could > establish what families moved together, it would make the research a little > easier as they often married within the family groups. This has held true > for some of my other families who migrated from Ma, Vt, Ny, Pa seems a whole > pack of them moved together for many years. > > Would it make sense to do some sort of Roll Call for the migration routes we > know various families used? > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > 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 > >

I found what I thought was a really odd coincidence when I started my family tree--lots and lots of people from Estill county, KY, and on both sides of the tree, people who were not related at the time (as far as I can tell). My g'grandfather came from there with his parents and siblings, his grandparents lived & died there, and everyone for about five generations before them as well. I knew about them and that they were all from Estill county, but that was on my mother's side. When I started on my father's side, I started finding more and more of them from Estill county--three more families total. I know lots of people from KY migrated northward, that's not out of the ordinary. But I've been wondering if there was a reason that all of these people specifically from Estill county, KY all ended up here, not just in IN, but specifically in Putnam county? They don't seem to have moved together, at the same time, but it was over a short period of time, all within maybe 5-8 yrs. They don't appear to have been related unless I'm missing something. They all came straight here except for one family that made a stop in Plainfield for a few years before moving on to Greencastle. What was going on in Putnam county around 1890-1910 that might've drawn them all here? I'm pretty sure that a couple of the men worked for the railroad in Estill county, but I don't know if that would have anything to do with the moves. I haven't been able to find out what kind of work they did after they got here. Any ideas anyone? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ida Garza" <IGarza@TrammellCrow.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] MIGRATION ROUTES > I have been researching Putnam county families, and find a similar situation > to the one Pat Obrist refers to. Some of my lines come from Bath County, > Kentucky - DAVIS, MCGAUGHEY, possibly MCGILL. I have thought if we could > establish what families moved together, it would make the research a little > easier as they often married within the family groups. This has held true > for some of my other families who migrated from Ma, Vt, Ny, Pa seems a whole > pack of them moved together for many years. > > Would it make sense to do some sort of Roll Call for the migration routes we > know various families used? > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > Please send research questions to the list rather than the mailing list manager. Thank you. > > ============================== > 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 > >