That is very interesting. Should you find some names, please post them to the list here, so others can continue researching should they match their ancestral surnames. I had never heard this, but it makes sense. There was a movie, "The Undefeated" with Rock Hudson, aka Roy Harold Scherer, Jr, and John Wayne about a group of Confederate families moving to Mexico after the Civil War, and I always thought that was just fiction. Perhaps it was based on fact. Clare Herrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Easter To: 'Wanda Sawtelle' ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [MSMONROE] Confederates move to Brazil Wanda, A Google search for "Confederates move to Brazil" will yield several pages of general background history on the subject. I suspect finding specific surname ancestors would be a bit more "challenging" Wayne E. Easter Researching Easter, Gordon, Blair, and related surnames in VA, GA, AL, and MS http://www.easterfamily.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wanda Sawtelle Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MSMONROE] Confederates move to Brazil Beville State at Walker College campus currently has the Lincoln Exhibit. Speakers have presented programs on different aspects of life as it was during the Lincoln era and after the Civil War. I had not realized that 4,000 confederates from the deep south states of MS, AL, GA, TX moved on to southern Brazil to land granted them by the Brazilian gov't. They brought better quality of education and plows to Brazil and maintained their Confederate identity. When Jimmy Carter was governor of GA he made a trip to Brazil and did visit with decendants of the Confederate Colonists there. I knew there was migration from AL to TX during the period right after the Civil War but to Brazil is new to me. Does anyone know of family members who joined in this move to Brazil? or good sources that recorded these years from 1865 to 1885 as this movement took place? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.81/2189 - Release Date: 06/20/09 06:15:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.81/2189 - Release Date: 06/20/09 06:15:00