In a message dated 7/14/99 3:06:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kburnet@efortress.com writes: > Lets get to know one another. I would like for each member, who would > like, to post to the list, the surnames they are researching in Butler > Co., NE. > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > Hi new list mom, I have been working on the McDonald family, starting with the arrival of John MCDONALD from Scotland in 1770. I have been having several discussions on the Albany/Schoharie/Oswego, NY sites about the migration of people from the Albany/Schoharie to Oswego to MI (Butler Twp., Branch Co.) to Neb route. I am amazed at the number of genealogists that are following family lines that took that very route westward. I have found Sylvester, Edwin, and John MCDONALD in Butler Co., NE, and their sister, Ellen (McDonald) CADY. My great-grandfather John McDonald and his brother, Edward McDonald, were together from childhood, making several moves along the way, but always near each other. Then, when they were nearly sixty years old, Edward moved to NE to be near his sons and daughter. John, his brother, had married a much younger woman, and with children under 10 years of age, moved from MI to TX. I have been looking descendents of the McDonald families that lived in NE with little success. I have met some terrific people through the Butler website, such as the Carpenters, with whom I have traded much information on the MI and NE migrants. Best of luck with the new list. Dave McDonald