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/WMB.2ACE/4818.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My g grandfather’s brother went with him to California and later wrote about it in a letter and I have that letter. The brother traveled round trip to California twice. For your ancestor finding any ships name or passenger list would be difficult but with more and more information coming on line every day who knows. I too am amazed at what our ancestors endured, traveling across the US in the 1850s would be a very difficult trip, especially with children and maybe one on the way.