Can anyone help Bill with understanding migration patterns from LA to E. TX? I'll have to admit I'm fairly clueless in this area. We in ETexas *know* about humidity! It's not something that's ever inspired nostalgia in me, though. Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: bill Penny <bpenny@pclink.com> To: Gail Brown <rexbrown@shreve.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 5:27 PM Subject: Re: East Texas Lore and Hallsville Help > I am very interested in finding out more about east Texas myself, and > specifically Marshall. I had posted some time ago, relating to my great > grandmother living there at the age of 18 in 1880, on her own. > > In that year's census she (Corene MERRITT) is recorded as saying she and > her parents were born in Louisiana. I have been unable to trace the > parents--I understand that Marshall was a boomtown then, and indeed that > many people flocked there. > > Are there patterns / clues of people movement from Louisiana to Marshall, > that would help me find her origins? > Many MERRITS in Louisiana, but I have found no household in the 1870 census > that is even possible. I could have overlooked them in the eyestrain of > microfilm study--but?? > > Bill in Minnesota (originally from Galveston), where the humidity is 90% > this week. All the natives are sweltering, and I am just nostalgic! > > Thx, > > Bill > > >