This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jUB.2ACI/1103.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I do think some people just had the wanderlust and the offer of free or cheap land gave them the incentive to indulge it. All my ancestors had it, whether they came from England to Illinois and Iowa to improve their business opportunities or came to California from Iowa for the same reason. I sure wouldn't be around if they had stayed where they were.