This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XKB.2ACE/720.1 Message Board Post: I do not have the surnames you mentioned, but I in my family my g-grandpa's brother left Missouri bound for TX because he didn't like the winters in MO. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, the midwest was suffering some horrible winters. May not be the same with your folks.