Mine seemed to do anything they could after the Civil War. Farming, working in sawmills and working on the railroad. You would not believe how many people were on the 1880 Robertson Co, TX census, all working on the railroad. [email protected] wrote:Also there was a large lumbering industry in Trinity Co. in the late 1800s. My sawmill ancestors (not Turner surname) moved from farming in Austin Co., to sawmill work in Washington Co., to Trinity Co., to Grimes Co., to Jefferson Co., and then to Liberty Co. following the lumbering business. Diann ==== TURNER Mailing List ==== Turner list website - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/t/turner.html ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx Lisa Chatelain __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com