Hi Pat: I am not sure what was so great in Iowa to attract these people. Do you know where in Iowa your family went? Mine went to Iowa and then to Minnesota. I would be curious if anyone else's families ended up in Minnesota too. Always looking for clues, Shirley Anderson sweeze@isrv.com wrote: > After having watched the posts the last week or so, it seems there were > quite a few families who moved from Mercer County, PA out to Iowa in the > early to mid 1850's! My Sweesy family was included in that exodus. What > was the big deal in Iowa at that time??? Most of our family moved back > here, but a couple stayed out there... Any ideas??? > > Thanks, > Pat > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the PAMERCER-L list, contact the > listowner, Teri Brown mailto:Sanchoinc@aol.com > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > This list is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Please help support Rootsweb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html