RE: > Anyone on the list have idea on what the routes west were in the first 1/2 of 1800s? Looking for general routes west through Ohio from Berkeley County mainly. > Dan I am also curious about this. My CRONISTER ancestors lived in Gerardstown, Mill Creek, Darkesville in the 1860-1870s. Sometime around 1873 they decided to pack it up and head west. They wound up in a small town outside of Springfield, IL called Athens. Looking at the map, it looks like they headed straight west. I am sure the Civil War had an impact on their decision to move, but I find myself wondering what their life was like during that time. Carla