Anne Marie, A "holler" is country venacular for a "hollow". So many folks settled between mountains and hills for protection against the elements and well as against indians etc. These depressions between the hills were called "Hollers". Suzanne Henry County, KY: http://www.usgw.org/ky/henry/henry.htm Adair County, KY.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyadair/ The Yelton & Osborn Family: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~csyelton/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 7:15 PM Subject: [KY] Just a bit off topic > Dear Listers, > > While I have been mulling over my lack of information on my Kentucky > ancestors, a question has come to mind that I have always wondered about. It > has nothing to do with genealogy but geography. > > What is a holler? As in, we lived down in the holler. > > Anne Marie > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >