Thank you, I will keep that tidbit of info. It is things like that, that help us in our search. I had one lady tell me her ansestors moved so much, it was like they were running from something. I think usually they were running to something. Free or cheap land and a way to make a living. I have also noticed quit a migration to Texas from southern states within the years before the Civil War. I think some of them were trying to take their property, including slaves to safty. Virginia Brown >From: Charles & Nancy Royall <cnroyall@wcc.net> >Reply-To: cnroyall@wcc.net >To: TXSABINE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [TXSABINE-L] 1816 Year of no summer >Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 15:05:48 -0600 > > >I am going to pass on a tidbit of Info >1816: The year without a summer > >As a result of the eruption of Mt. Tambour Volcano in >Java 1815, 12,000 >island residents lost their lives. The Volcano is also >to blame for an unusual weather pattern the following year in North >America, resulting in mass migrations of people trying to avoid the >ensuing climatic changes. > >The summer of 1816 was unusually cold, with killing >frosts and even snowfall destroying crops throughout the United States. >June and July were the coldest months, 19 states had snowfall in >June! There were no fall harvests; animals and people starved; wild >animals >ravaged the frontier. Not understanding the meteorological causes, >people blamed the wrath of God for their hardships. Some, destitute >and despondent, committed suicide. > >By 1817 the climate had returned to normal. However, >many had moved to warmer parts of the country and numerous farmers left >for the cities to go into industrial work. > >If you have no explanation for why your ancestor may >have migrated or you can not determine exactly when it happened just >sometime around 1815-1820 consider that this event may have been the >cause. > >from the Jefferson Co. Genealogical Society Newsletter, >Jefferson City, >TN. Feb. 1995 > >Charlie > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com