James HADLOCK and his family was in Delaware Co NY (1790). >From there, they went to Tioga Co NY (1800). Then into Cayuga Co NY (1810-1836). The family moved to Crawford Co. Pa by 1836. Peter HADLOCK s/o James moved in 1852 to Hardin Co. Iowa and then went on to Richardson County Nebraska in 1870. Selma

Ted's surnames include - MILLER ~1750 VT > 1810 Western NY, there the family split up, some to OH, others to MN, his own >1871 Merrick County, NE > descendents in CA NH, and TX known SILLOWAY 1820 NY > 1880 Merrick Co., NE EVANS ~1800 in CT or NY? > 1810 Western NY > 1886 Merrick Co., NE descendents in CA, western NY?, IA? and OH GUGIN Ireland (date not certain) > 1830 Quebec prov. Canada > before 1860 Washington Co., NE > descendents to KS, MO, CO, CA and Canada JACOBSON 1880 Chicago (briefly) > Jun 1880 Washington Co., NE KINGDON England > 1840 NY (can't find them) > 1850 in WI? >1860 IL > 1870 Washington County, NE > 1940's Riverside, CA (this family seldom found where expected from birthplaces given!) Other lines in San Francisco and ??? Carole's surnames GUTZWILLER Basel, Switzerland > ~1882-7: somewhere in western NY or in IL (great grandfather died, haven't found him; widow married GASSMAN) GASSMAN German-Swiss > 1882-7: IL or NY? >1888: NE (somewhere) > 1889: Columbus, Platte, NE (opened business, found in gazetteer) NO descendents GERBER Aarwangen, Berne, Switzerland > some immigrated 1869 to Omaha and Columbus, NE (my direct line in Columbus, 1889) descendents in NE, KS and CA SCHOBER Römerstadt, Mähren, Austria (now Rymarov, Moravia, Czech.) Dec 1881 to Columbus, Platte, NE (they selected NE because they knew Franz Mueller, land promoter near Bellwood, Butler, NE) Related names - SCHRAM, SCHUBERT, SHOLZ in same area. PERSON Sweden > 1880 USA (perhaps NY City or somewhere near Chicago?) Returned to Sweden (date not known). 1900: Second immigr. to Leigh, Colfax, NE > ~1902 Columbus, Platte, NE (lived at times on farms in Butler and Madison? Counties) Supposedly selected Leigh because close friends to NELSON family, which was related to LUND family. One sister lived in Brooklyn at that time. Another sister married a LUND and settled in Columbus. STROMBERG Sweden > 1892 Calif. > ~1903: "Genoa" - actually living on farms in Platte Co., NE. Date unk: Sherman Co for a time, back to Genoa. Name originally SVENSK? Daughters tended to use patronymic, so married under different surnames for two generations. Change in surname or spelling of surname is common with our Swedes - siblings immigrated as PERSSON, PIERSON, PEARSDOTTER. Other relatives started as LARSON and changed name to LUND. JENSON/JOHNSON changed to JACOBSON. NOTE: Believe we have some research on 8 families that originated in/near Aarwangen, Berne, Switzerland and went to Columbus, Platte, NE (one went to farm in Merrick Co). Swiss surnames are prominent in early Platte County. Several had family members that "retired" &/or vacationed in San Bernardino and Riverside, Calif. (GASSMAN, BUCHER, ERNST) Many Columbus families had relatives in Long Beach, CA. (Seem to recall visiting others in Pomona and Ontario when VERY small - no longer remember the names.) Know that many "Austrian" surnames found at Duncan (Platte), Island Pct (Polk), Bellwood (Butler), and Pleasanton (Buffalo) are relatives to one another. At later dates, start finding them further west - Howard, Deuel and Cheyenne Counties. Believe they sell smaller farms, and buy a bigger place where land is cheaper. Examine the maps - the cousins that family tales said were at Julesburg, CO - were actually farming just north of the state line - in Deuel County, NE! Was searching in the wrong state! ("Are we there yet, Dad?" "Watch the road signs, Junior.") Check transportation routes. Early history - the ports, rivers & canals. After the Civil War - RR maps, changing every year. After 1900 - highway system maps. Don't toss those old maps found in Grandma's truck, they may be your best clue to "how they got there". The Millers

I am anxious to find the family of Charles Henry and Nellie/Ellen POWELL and their two sons....whose names seem to be William and Luther, but at times Morgan, Lewis, and Melvin are used. Charles died in Coyote Twp Cozad in 1898. Nellie in 1930. Luther/Lewis Melvin died in 1944 and is buried at Lexington, he had a wife Mary Speck. William was living in North Platte at the time of his mother's death. . In 1930 Charles and Nellie had five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Gayle gayle1@wheatstate.com

Carol Wolf Britton wrote: > Does my email sight have to be littered with all this migration stuff, I > normally enjoy reading the posting of other NE researchers but I do not > find this real beneficial to the search of our ancestors. If someone > wanted the inf. they should have emailed it directly to him. My opinion > for whats its worth. Carol Dear Carol, Of course not. In one single stroke you do not have to put up with this list. Goodbye. Bill ListOwner -- Dear Carol, A couple of folk have approached me to say that you had come back on the list with a bit of a different attitude. If this is the situation, please allow me to say that you are welcome to re-subscribe to the list. I did not block this when I took my action [though it had looked like you had already unsubscribed yourself by the time I checked the list]. The list was responding to "Totally On Topic" list business. Obtaining information such as migration moves of our ancestors is exactly what our hobby is all about. The list is watched by more than one of us, though my name is on as ListOwner. Thus, if there appears to be too much "off topic" material or abuse in any other way we will deal with it. There were some 700 people on the list the other day and more are subbing every hour. Traffic will be high. If this is a problem for you I suggest that you subscribe to the Digest mode. In that way about 22 posts will be grouped together as one e-mail. Send your request to NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe typed on the first line and turn off any signatures. If you should have any need to contact the listowner use the listowner-NebrRoots-L@rootsweb.com and the message will get to me. Thank you, Bill ListOwner --

Hello all, Sorry for the non-topic query. In a recently received file from a cousin I find the following entry: XXXX dit XXXXX What does the "dit" mean/stand for? I know I've seen this on one of the lists but didn't think I'd need it - so didn't save it. Thanks in advance! Liz

MORTER: England-OH-WI-Burt Co. NE in 1867. SOUTHWELL: England-OH-WI-Burt Co. NE in 1867. JELEN: Bohemia-NY-Douglas Co. & Knox Co. NE in 1876. KRENEK: Moravia-Douglas Co. NE in 1902. BRINK: Netherlands-NY-WI-MN-Burt Co. NE in 1884. ANDERSEN: Denmark-Burt Co. NE. HANSEN: Denmark-Burt Co. NE. in 1884. HAMBEK: Bohemia-Douglas Co. & Holt Co. NE. 1882.

Gary Martins said (rearranged sentences) - >Also, anyone in the US Army during the Civil War had available to them, 160 >acres or more of land. Thousands of vets hit NE. Some came first with the RR building crews (regular job with regular paycheck after returning to wartorn home after the war). They later filed for homesteads and sent for their families. >Cheap land from the railroads was the big reason for people going to >Nebraska during this time period. And the railroads advertised >heavily, both in the US, but also in Germany, and as far away as the >German settlements in Russia. Try "Nebraska, It's Characteristics and Properties" by Butler in 1873 at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/NECP/necp0000.html Published with help(?) from Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. Somewhere in the material on the web is a story about a family move - having signed a land purchase contract with the RR, the family had free use of a car for household belongings and animals (immigrant car), plus accommodations enroute at places where had to change trains! Explore a little, please! Migration info for about 15 years later - June 1887 "Immigrant Issue" of Lincoln State Journal at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/immigr/87journl.html Check the town articles for prices of land in various locations, details of local production, what crops were best, etc. Some of these towns used the opportunity to say "We need a shoemaker ... a grist mill... a hardware store..." Supposedly people purchased extra copies of this particular paper and mailed it to the folks "back home" as evidence that "the good life" was in Nebraska. We all know that! Our ancestors were part of it. T&C

My gggrandfather William JACKSON, born In England abt 1811, went to Koshkonong, Wisconsin, and Ft. Atkinson,Jefferson, Co, Wisconsin, and died in Sterling, Johnson Co, Nebraska , March 26, 1883. He married Sarah Jane WOOD, Oct 12, 1851 in Koshkonong, Wisconsin. She was from New York, born abt 1831, died Sept 13, 1882 in Sterling, Johnson Co, Nebraska. Thank You Judy

BARTEL - West Prussia, Russia>arrived 1882 Beatrice,Gage, NE PAUL - Torun, Germany>arrived 1904 Beatrice, Gage, NE SCHIDLER - Danzig, Germany>arrived 1889 Beatrice, Gage, NE STOBBE - Germany>arrived 1882 Beatrice, Gage, NE GROVE - 1814 PA>1838 OH>1851 IA>1869 Alvo, Cass NE HOPKINS -Adair/Green,KY>Cass.IL>Jefferson,IA>Cass, NE RAGER - PA>OH>Cass, NE REEDER - IL 1858>Ringgold,Iowa1891>Cass, NE ROELOFSZ -Amsterdam,Holland,1844>Pella,Iowa 1869>Cass Co,NE SWEAT/SWETT - England>NH>MA>ME>IL>Cass, NE WINGET - England>PA>Ohio>IL>Cass,NE

I haven't found any of my family yet but still hoping. Keep it up. Personally, I think it is very interesting to scan through those even who passed through and on to other places. Kay Harding -----Original Message----- From: Connie Snyder <cjsnyder@midusa.net> To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] My migration >Barbara Archer wrote: > >> Judy's post raises an interesting question. Should we include the >> migration for the family, or just for the individuals who actually >> reached Nebraska? I have been including more than one generation, going >> back to the immigrant ancestors who were long gone by the time their >> descendants arrived in NE. Do you just want the birthplace for the >> individuals who ended up in NE? >> >> Thanks, >> Barbara > >I think it's appropriate to include the total pattern for their route across >the US and the generations. Each place they stayed for awhile gives us a >better chance to find some evidence that they've left behind. A hundred or >two hundred years ago, it wasn't unknown for several families or whole >villages to pack up and move west together. That's why knowing some history >of each area can be valuable in our research. If we know that a disaster >caused many people to move on, and they moved together, then we might have a >better chance of knowing where they ended up together. Many communities in >Nebraska were settled by ethnic or religious groups that traveled together. >If all we have as a clue, is that our ancestor came from a specific >location, before Nebraska, and we know they were a member of a specific >group, then perhaps knowing where some of those people settled in Nebraska >would help to narrow our research. > >I've discovered that my Wilson line moved several times, along with at least >two other unrelated families. We're trying to trace all the families in the >time period between the time they landed in the US, to their arrival in >Illinois, hoping to find more information on them. > >Connie > >

SPENCE Pottsville, Schuylkill Cty, PA>Cass County, NE>Pottsville, PA>Cass Cty, NE MCMULLEN VA>Cass Cty, NE>Montana>Oregon>Cass Cty, NE URWIN Northumberland, England>Pottsville, PA>Cass Cty, NE YOUNG Clackmannanshire, Scotland>Lake Cty, Illinois>North Bend, Dodge Cty, NE GALE Clinton Cty, NY>Grand Isle, VT>Sarpy Cty, NE>Silver City, Grant Cty, NM>Central City, Merrick Cty, NE>Granada, Prowers Cty, CO>Douglas Cty, NE

My family immigrated as follows. 1851 ~ Kent,England - Derby,Conn 1857 ~ Derby,Conn - LaSalle Co. Illinois 1883 ~ LaSalle Co.,Illinois - Dodge Co,. Nebraska Tedd Taylor

My Kolm ancestors and closely related families all seem to have migrated to Nebraska together: KOLM, LUNEBURG, LAUDON/LOUDON Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany>ca 1860 Dane County, WI> 1879 Colfax County, NE Does anyone out there know what the draw in Colfax County would have been to attract at least 5 families in 1879? Peggy Kolm kolm@alum.mit.edu

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:31:48 -0600 "Jane Tierney" <jtierney@nponline.net> writes: >For sundry reasons, our >ancestors often migrated with relatives, friends, religious groups, >etc. >These movements are sometimes the only clue for finding an elusive >line. I have found a group of families, some intermarried, some not, who settled together in WI. Most of them moved to IL together, and later some of their descendants moved together to NE. Because I grew up with families of those names, I kept notes on all the records that I found on these other families as well. During the years, they have served as god-parents, witnesses at marriages, sponsors at naturalizations, etc. Eventually most of them intermarried at some point, even if not until 1960's, over 100 years after leaving Prussia. It has been fascinating. Mona in MO Mona_Houser@juno.com To keep free access to genealogical data, consider sending a donation to RootsWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

-- >MARTS: Shelby co, KY>Orange Co, IN>Sullivan Co, IN> Shelby Co, IL>Adams Co, >NE> Furnas co, NE>Barton Co, MO>Richardson co, NE > >WARD: VA> Clarke Co, OH> Logan co, OH>Blackford co, IN>Richardson Co, NE > >CURTIS: North Carolina> Miami co, OH> Blackford Co, IN> Nemaha and >Richardson Co, NE > >VEACH: KY> Orange co, IN> Hendricks Co, IN> Richardson Co, NE > >STEWART: VA> KY>Polk co, IA>Richardson co, NE > >KOERWITZ: Germany>MO>Thayer co, NE > >

Carol Wolf Britton wrote: > Does my email sight have to be littered with all this migration stuff, I > normally enjoy reading the posting of other NE researchers but I do not > find this real beneficial to the search of our ancestors. If someone > wanted the inf. they should have emailed it directly to him. My opinion > for whats its worth. Carol Dear Carol, Of course not. In one single stroke you do not have to put up with this list. Goodbye. Bill ListOwner --

Here is my Immigration pattern LANZ Germany->Wellsley, Ontario, Canada->Jefferson, NE REINWALD Germany->Perth, Ontario, Canada->Jefferson, NE->Gage, NE-> Laird, Saskatchewn, Canada->Riverside,California->Salem, Marion,OR -- Ginni Morey mailto:gmorey@ix.netcom.com

SEEKING RUSSELL, JORDAN, TAYLOR, FRIEND, SMITH, HAGOOD that came to Custer County ,Nebraska Dick Russell Hvn4us@aol.com wrote: > Isn't is wonderful our families all ended up in, or at least passed through, > Nebraska? > > RUSSELL NY or NC>DeKalb Co., IL>Buchanan Co., IA>Knox Co., NE>Dixon Co., > NE > > McCLARY Washington Co., MD>Washington Co., IL>Knox Co., NE>Dixon Co, NE > > FOUCH Loudoun Co., VA>Wayne Co., OH>Ogle Co., IL>Washington Co., MD, > Washington Co., IL>Knox Co., NE>Dixon Co., NE > > ARMSTRONG Antrim Co, IRL>Jackson, Co., IA>DIxon Co.,NE > > McCOSH Antrim Co., IRL>Jackson, Co.,IA>Dixon Co., NE > > BROWN IRL>Jackson Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > STEWART IRL>Jackson Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > STROHM GER>Centre Co., PA>Washington Co., IA>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > LUTZ Centre Co, PA>Washington Co., IA>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co, NE > > AMICK Mifflin Co., PA>Washington Co., IA>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > ROTHROCK GER>Mifflin Co., PA>Washington Co., IA>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co., > NE > > GIBBS Devonshire ENG>now Norfolk Co., MA>Hartford Co., CT>Washington Co., > NY>Rutland Co., VT>Tuscola Co. MI>Dakota Co., NE>Shelby, CO, IA>Dixon > Co, NE > > EWING Laurens Co., SC>IN>Richland Co.,WI, Knox Co., NE>Dixon Co., NE > > JACKSON NC>Mason Co., OH>KY>Richland Co., WI, Knox Co., NE>Dixon Co., NE > > BOCK Schleswig Prov. GER>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > CLAUSEN Schleswig Prov. GER>Shelby Co., IA>Dixon Co., NE > > The descendants of these came to Dixon Co. but only RUSSELL, McCLARY, FOUCH, > ARMSTRONG, STROHM, GIBBS, EWING, JACKSON and BOCK actually resided in NE. > Elizabeth

Hello, >From Germany to Cuming County, Nebraska. abt 1850 to 1900 Stratmann, Schafers, Stolta, Uhing, Moll, Genter, and Wittfeld. Have a great weekend. Elaine McDowell Sponsor of McDowell list. to subscribe http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/mcdowell to post a message to the list mcdowell@onelist.com Researching the following surnames on my husbands side; McDowell, Collins, Barnes, Wise, Blalock, Moore, Knight, Lewis, Wilhite, Benfield, Researching the following surnames on my side: Lapp, Bath (Bott, Batt), Hoffman, Stratman, Uhing, Schafers, Stolta, Moll, Genter and Wittfeld. Bob and Elaine McDowell Rt. 8 Box 1336 Amarillo, Texas 79118

Major known stops: McALISTER (Logan, Barnes, Strawbridge, Neal, Norton, Isaacson, Hill, Rucker, Rush) Culpeper/Orange Co VA ca1750's > Franklin/Anderson/Woodford/Mercer Co's KY > Parke/Putnam Co's IND > Wapello/Monroe/Appanoose Co's IA > Harrison Co IA > Jewell Co's KS > Red Willow/Hitchcock Co's NE 1883 > Pueblo/Saguache/Huerfano Co CO > Hitchcock Co NE 1904 WILSON (Witt, Sears, Hart, Tye, Bryant, Faulkner) Cumberland Co NC 1745 > VA > Green CO TN > Knox/Whitley Co's KY > Parke/Putnam Co's IND > Harrison Co IND > Thurstin Co NE > Jewell/Cloud/Washington Co's KS > Red Willow/Hitchcock Co's NE 1883 and MULLIS / CHAMBERS ENG>? > VA > Wilkes/Iredell Co's NC 1700's > Green Co. TN > Knox/Whitley Co's KY > Parke/Putnam Co's IND > (thereafter same as above) ELLIOTT / ODELL / ANDREWS (Shields, Stockton, Perry) ? > Carroll Co IND 1830 > St Joseph Co IND > Jefferson Co NE 1865 > KS>CO ARNOLD / FOLK (Heiter, Kimmel, Rode/Roth) GER>? > Perry Co PA, 1800 > Mifflin Co PA > Mecosta Co MI > Webster Co NE 1879 GOSS (Snook, Main) GER>? > Sussex / Northumberland Co's NJ 1770 > Mifflin Co PA > Mecosta Co MI > Webster Co NE 1879 OSBORNE (Quick, Gould) 1790 NY > Essex Co NJ > Louisa/Mecosta Co's IA > Webster Co NE 1878 STOCK / COBERT Saxony / Ascherslaben GER 1856 > Manitowoc Co WI > Richardson Co NE 1865 > Hitchcock Co NE 1885 SCHULER / HOPPE Bavaria GER 1833 > Mercer Co PA / Mahoning Co OH > Holt Co MO > Richardson Co NE 1861 MARKS (Beach, Merriman, Ives, Bryan, Treat, Nettleton, Atwater, Mansfield) London ENG 1706 > Stratford CT > Milford CT > Wayne Co NY > Jennings Co IND > Polk Co IA > Jefferson Co NE 1862 LEAMING (Griffin, Tuttle, Hurd, Royce, Brewster, Turner, Gould) ENG 1649 > Sag Harbor NJ > Long Island NY > Bristol CT > Scholarie Co NY > Polk Co IA > Jefferson Co NE 1862 MATSON / COLES / WEEDEN / DOHERTY (Pearson, Smith, Lees, Williams, Cloud, Lucas, Acord) Phila. PA 1680 > Chester Co PA > Harrison Co OH > Morgan Co OH > Warren Co IA > Nuckolls/Clay Co's NE > Hitchcock/Red Willow Co's NE 1875