Hi, Sharon! In a recent very interesting posting you made on the Limestone County Texas site at RootsWeb, you were discussing several different migration patterns into Texas. Throughout the discussion, you continually made reference to "Texas Territory", which I am assuming to be a term you are using to refer to the lands of what is now the State of Texas prior to 1845. I'm wondering out loud if this is correct. The word "territory" applies to many states of the United States before they were formally admitted to statehood. The United States Congress recognized the various "territories" and they actually had governors and laws and such. But Texas was never a "territory" of the United States in this sense. >From 1836 to 1845, it was the "Republic of Texas" and before that, it was part of Mexico, but I don't believe it was considered a "territory" of Mexico. Maybe it is just my old pride of being a Texan, but it just doesn't feel right to say these people went to "Texas Territory" in the same context of "Missouri Territory" or "Arkansas Territory". But I'm not sure what the proper term would be for the pre-1836 time period. Judd Stiff A Texan Living in California