It was Margie's question, not mine. 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: "jeanne hime" <jkh1952@yahoo.com> To: <ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Leaving Miami Co. and Shelby Co. > 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. > 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