Marilyn, I'm certain, from other writings I have here that these MYERS left PA and went westerly traveling through what is now WV - straight over into OH (back then WV was VA and OH); from there they either stayed, went back into VA/WV; or migrated southerly through KY and into either TN or IL. It's a defineate migration pattern. They all used the same wagonroads. Rememeber that back in those days they only had one major path. I'm learning myself that let's say..... you're Jacob MYERS very well could have left a document trail from Pa to IL easily. Toll Roads; babies born along the way; etc... no wonder it's so hard to lay claim that one is the same as the other. Also, think of this. When in PA, where there were strong staunch Mennonites - hard German dialect - the surname might have been pronounced and written as MEYER MOYERS. As they traveled through a different area of immigrants / dialect of old VA, now WV record takers spelled it the way they felt it should be written such as MIER(S) MAHER(S) etc... by the time they hit OH KY IL and TN their surname either changed into the Scotch-Irish way of MEYERS MYERS MYRES and maybe some of our own ancestors just said.. oh crap, let's keep it at MOYERS. And it is written in their own words that alot of them decided to get rid of the "O" to sound less german becoming MYERS. Shew. -- Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM List Administrator - [email protected] BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER > From: "Marilyn" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:16:14 -0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOYERS] Rockingham County, VA Myers > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:43:33 -0700 > > Hi Chrystie, > In the book that you are transcribing, have you noticed any Myers going from > Virginia on into Indiana? My Myers were in Rockingham County, (Christian > and Barbara Richards Myers) then, they ended up in Indiana. I am pretty > sure that they must have lived in Ohio at least for a while, but I really > don't have any proof. I'm just thinking that with the way travel was at > that time, they probably at least went through Ohio and lived there for some > period of time. Anyway, I was curious to know if you had read anything > about that line of travel. > Marilyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Chrystie Myers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:43 PM > Subject: [MOYERS] RE: "M"'S Civil War Widows/Soldiers Pension > > >> If you goto http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen035.htm#pt35 >> you will find different MOYERS and MYERS; first names vary from "Henry", >> "Samuel" loads of John's and other first names, some with widow's maiden >> names, too! >> >> Enjoy! >> -- >> Chrystie MYERS - ROOTSWEB.COM >> List Administrator - [email protected] >> BROOKOVER, COWGER, KRABAL, MOYERS, MYRES, SWECKER >> >> >> ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== >> RootsWeb's WORLDCONNECT contains more than 39.4 million names >> and new GEDCOMs are added daily. Search WorldConnect and upload >> your own GEDCOM(s) to http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >> Source for Family History Online. Go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >> > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > Contact the MOYERS List Adm. > at [email protected] > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >