Apparently, a lot of Ohioans went to Illinois and some later returned to Ohio. Jana Broglin does a lecture on this called Transplanted Buckeyes, Ohioans : Their Migration to Illinois and Settlement in Illinois. She will be presenting her lecture at the Sept. 21 meeting of the Allen County Genealogy Society in Lima, Ohio. The meeting is open to the public and we would be happy to have any of you who can attend as our guests. Those unable to attend may urge their local genealogy society to book Jana or check her website to see where else she will be presenting this lecture. Debbie Carder Mayes http://allencogenealogysociety.homestead.com/Main.html www.tribalpages.com/tribes/deb6102 www.tribalpages.com/tribes/dac6102 www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lempacre@aol.com> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:20 PM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Leaving Miami Co. and Shelby Co. > I've seen several people mention that their families went west to IN or > IL. > I wondered if anyone knows a specific reason. > > Some of my Wyatt ancesters moved from Shelby County, OH to Bunker Hill, IN > in > 1871. My Smith great grandparents and all their children (both single and > married) moved from Piqua, Miami County, OH to Harvey, IL around 1890. > Some of > the Wyatts eventually ended up in the Chicago area as well. I assume the > move > to IL was to get jobs with the railroad (as several of them did), however > I > wondered if there was another reason people were leaving Shelby and Miami > counties during this time period. > > Margie > > > ************** > The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > tdn-net.com/genealogy > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Debbie, Yes, I also have a family line that moved on to Illinois and a few members came back and forth or moved on to other states. I also have lines that moved up fron North Carolina. I think some of this movement had to do with their church affiliations. Some churches were very strict about your movements. They would require a certificate to move from one church to another. Also the opportunity to settle land and clear it as your own at a good price was an incentive, as the territories opened up and were settled people speculated on land development. Some people didn't like the rules and taxation that came with civilized society and kept moving to a new frontier. Poliical, economic, social and religious reasons always move people around. Debbie Carder <dcarder2@woh.rr.com> wrote: Apparently, a lot of Ohioans went to Illinois and some later returned to Ohio. Jana Broglin does a lecture on this called Transplanted Buckeyes, Ohioans : Their Migration to Illinois and Settlement in Illinois. She will be presenting her lecture at the Sept. 21 meeting of the Allen County Genealogy Society in Lima, Ohio. The meeting is open to the public and we would be happy to have any of you who can attend as our guests. Those unable to attend may urge their local genealogy society to book Jana or check her website to see where else she will be presenting this lecture. Debbie Carder Mayes http://allencogenealogysociety.homestead.com/Main.html www.tribalpages.com/tribes/deb6102 www.tribalpages.com/tribes/dac6102 www.rootsweb.com/~ohallen/ ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:20 PM Subject: [OHMIAMI] Leaving Miami Co. and Shelby Co. > I've seen several people mention that their families went west to IN or > IL. > I wondered if anyone knows a specific reason. > > Some of my Wyatt ancesters moved from Shelby County, OH to Bunker Hill, IN > in > 1871. My Smith great grandparents and all their children (both single and > married) moved from Piqua, Miami County, OH to Harvey, IL around 1890. > Some of > the Wyatts eventually ended up in the Chicago area as well. I assume the > move > to IL was to get jobs with the railroad (as several of them did), however > I > wondered if there was another reason people were leaving Shelby and Miami > counties during this time period. > > Margie > > > ************** > The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the > Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) > tdn-net.com/genealogy > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message tdn-net.com/genealogy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.