>You know as I have talked to many over the years. I have noticed that there >were sure a lot of families who came from Ohio and went to Iowa. Does anyone >know why? >A lot of my family that wasn't even related to each other did the same. Sandra, Quoting from "Portraits and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa" Published 1887 "Frank Rose learned of the Great West, and the opportunity for seeing it came unexpectedly. Being a machinist, the firm for which he worked sold to James McCahen a new mill, and Frank was sent to set it up. This was in 1853, and was one of the first mills in this country, and the second circular sawmill. After this was completed, Frank worked eighteen months in the machine shop for Rose & Kilgore, at Washington, after which he came to this township, purchased and built the Schnoebelen Mill on English River, and for one year operated it, when he was married to Mary Critz, a sister of Frank Critz, the present Treasurer of Washington County...." This only answers your question in regard to my family, but I thought someone might find it interesting. If anyone has any additional info on the people or places mentioned above, I would love to hear from you! Stacey Prior Bend, Oregon email sprior92@aol.com My family surnames are: Anckly, Angly, Arnold, Baumgartner, Benda, Benedict, Brellman, Bruelman, Prolman, Briswalder, Priswalter, Brun, Critz, Emmecker, Galli, Golly, Gally, Haan, Hirt, Knebel, Korab, Le Blanc, Oberle, Oberlin, Owen, Prior, Roos, Rose, Schlagel, Schneider, Steinke, Swift, Toms, Vlasak, Vogel