Ray, everyone! I suppose they could have. River travel was probably more extensive than what is done nowadays though, it's still traveled today by barges still! I have had some relatives die in the Oh river because of the locks, back in the 1930's. Could they have traveled by stagecoaches? Package ships? I know that there were Package ships that traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, or my relatives related to me! One of mine (Merriman?) was supposed to be a pilot that worked that voyage! He lived in Beaver county, PA at the time in the mid-1800's. I mean that that's probably not that unusual at that time. Keep it coming everyone! C. Raber ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond Boniker To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 12/29/01 12:41:40 PM Subject: [PITTSBURGH] New question: Travel mode 1890 My ancestors traveled in the opposite direction from the norm...they moved their whole family east, from Cincinnati, Ohio to Pittsburgh (Allegheny City) in 1890. Am I correct in thinking they most likely traveled by boat over the Ohio River? Any thoughts? Ray ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571 sourceid=1237 --- Cathy Raber --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.