Mind if I but in? I believe my family who came from TN through KY to So. IL came to Southern Illinois to work in the coal mines. I know that is why my dad and his brothers came. Linda Minton Simmons ---------- > From: Hdanw@aol.com > To: KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [KYJP] Migration to Southern Illinois > Date: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:15 AM > > In a message dated 1/13/00 9:35:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, teds@hgea.org > writes: > > << KYJacksonPurchase-L@rootsweb.com >> > > > Based on my limited research of movements of people from Kentucky to > southern and central Illinois, I believe the cause may have been new land. > It has been a while since I have researched my KY families in Illinois, but I > believe the land in Illinois cost very little. I have seen on microfiche in > my LDS family history center an index of land claims in Illinois. It is > arranged alphabetically. Some county histories, say of Logan Co., IL tell of > the place of origin of many Illinois families. The stories may be as varied > as the settlers were. > > In some parts of Kentucky where tobacco was grown, I'm told the land soon > wore out. Also the families got bigger and since agriculture was the main > occupation, a man needed other land. > > Suggest you try (it's hard to access) familysearch.org and call up, if you > can, the research outline on Illinois. Frequently there is a mini-history of > the locality at the beginning of the research guide. Failing that, try to > find in your favorite genealogical library a book called THE LIBRARY or THE > REDBOOK. As I remember, both of these books for genealogists give a > mini-history of each locality listed. > > Hope this will lead you to more exploration of this migration. E.W.Wallace > > > > ==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== > Check out the Jackson Purchase Images Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/temp/JPL.htm > for landowner survey maps of portions of the Jackson Purchase, plus other images.