<<Were there other families that migrated to Iowa from Cortland Co., NY at about this same time? >> --------------------------------------------------- Mark, I have a Burlingham ancestor whose family moved from Cortland Co NY to Jones Co IA ca. 1850, and a Staley ancestor who moved from Cortland Co to Jones Co ca1860s. Don't know if that's any help to you. sherry

on 4/18/01 9:03 PM, Mustang69290@aol.com at Mustang69290@aol.com wrote: > <<Were there other families that migrated to Iowa from Cortland Co., NY > at > about this same time? >> > I have a William Fletcher Butman who came from Cortland County to Montgomery Co., Iowa and then Taylor co., IA, where I am. But he homesteaded in South Dakoka for a few years before coming to IOWA.