My Beaty ancestor also came from Belmont County, Ohio to Kansas. He and his family settled in Marshall County, Kansas. Kansas seemed to be one of the logical places to go next! Cindy -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> > > Robert, > > That is quite a migration the Smith's made from Belmont County to > Kansas! > > Do you know any stories about that trip, by chance? > > I am always amazed that people had the sheer endurance to go out > west. They were extraordinary people. > > jae > > > On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Robert Lindsey wrote: > > > Looks great. I bet by gg-grandfather, William Rea Smith > > (1848-1927), and his wife, Margaret Jane Doty (1857-1917), had > > some adjustments going from the hilly, tree-filled Belmont Co. > > to flat, few-small-trees McPherson Co., Kansas. I've never been > > that far east and really enjoyed seeing pictures of where the > > family comes from. Thanks. > > > > --- Jae BROWN wrote: > >> I did a quick catalog of the gravestone photos I took in > >> Belmont County and loaded them on my mother-in-law's Web site > > ... > >> http://www.pentecostalsongs.com/Belmontcounty/ > >> > >> Jae > > > > > > Robert M. Lindsey > > http://www.geocities.com/rlindsey58/ My published writing > > (including blogs) > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rlindsey My > > genealogy > > http://community.webshots.com/user/poncho58 Genealogy pictures > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message