I feel we have restricted ourselves by saying how far would a young man travel on a horse to find a young lady of his liking. He not only travel a few miles but many times he travels hundreds of miles on horse back, because I feel when a man went West he did not go only to find new lands, but he went in hopes to find some special young woman who fulfilled his ideas which he could not find in the local community. A young man's fantasies were only limited by his ability to dream and act on his desires. Jo Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <KBLARSEN99@aol.com> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Thanks and another question > Thanks List for the many answers concerning the distance most swains would > travel for a bride. The answers seem to state that 3-5 miles is the outside > amount, but that circumstances could dictate otherwise. In the Northeast, > towns are about 8 miles apart and a beau would travel that distance for a > dance or Church Social, if the local pickin's were poor. Once a marriage > was made, however, other beaus were quick to look for sisters of the bride, > and there was an influx of new blood which was good for the gene bank. > Now, for another question. In Wilmer Turner's book, "Old Homes and > Families in Nottoway" there are pictures of William Fitzgerald and his wife > Sarah Epes Fitzgerald, shown on the page opposite Page 143. Does anyone > know where the original of these are today? > Thanks again, List. > Ken Larsen > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGW Archives Pension Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pensions/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11H B > >