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 > >