My New Jersey LANTERMAN cousins migrated to Mahoning County, OH in the early 1800's. The built a flour mill in Mill Creek Park, Youngstown. BoB [email protected] wrote: > Hi All, > > Had to comment on Esther's post ...I agree 100% that we all miss too much > when members take responses off-list. If it's general responses, I say let us > all in on it. Granted, if you're sending a 3 page GED, others might get > testy, so I guess some discretion would be in order. Maybe it's just the > "peeping Tom" in me, but I do get interested in migration patterns that > emerge, families that intermarry frequently, etc.. Like Esther, I feel like > I'm missing something....and it might be that vital clue. It also gives > others an idea of where to look for info. > > In that vein, I'd like to throw one out there for us to chew on. I've noticed > a trend in my collateral HEITZMANS to migrate to the Ohio area around the > 1830's. I'm sure some are BLM grants. I'm just wondering if many groups of > freinds/neighbors made the move together. I have HEITZMANS linked to the > GLESS/GLASS family, and just found them both in several areas of > Ohio...together. I wonder also, when I look at the Ohio state map...it's > almost as though the state was populated by migrants from the state on NJ, > from the duplication of names. Any ideas? I've also seen so many names from > the Warren, Hunterdon and Northampton areas that I wonder about organized > "trains" to the area. Anyone know of any info on that? > > Happy Hunting, Wendy > > ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237