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From: John Robertson <>
Subject: Re: Gone to Texas
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 19:46:11 -0400

At 11:22 AM 9/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Fellow researcher,
>In response to Nicole Pinson's request of immigrants from AL to TX, Would
>anyone be interested in compiling a list of Randolph/Cleburne county area
>people who moved to Texas during the 19th century? It would help people who
>knew their relatives migrated but don't know where to look for them.
>We could call it Gone to Texas (in gratitude for the book Gone to Georgia,
>with which many of you are familiar).
>JR: is this feasible?
>Ola Humphries
>Houston
>

If someone will be the collector of this information (as Ola did for the
Civil War soldiers), it should be possible to build a page of the data,
added to the ECAR site. I would suggest that the info be as specific as
possible, e.g.:

Where did the emigrants live before they went to Texas?
When did they go?
What families moved together, if known?
Where did they live in Texas? (Be prepared for some county line changes
since that time).
If they moved back, when exactly did they come back?
If they moved back, did any family members remain?
Where exactly did they live when they came back?
Are there known contacts for the family members who remained in Texas?

No one can answer all these questions, but we should provide as many
answers as we can.

John


John Robertson's Genealogy & Maps: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2297
Elmore Co. AL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~alelmore/
East Central AL Researchers: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/ecar/
Robertson Families of the World: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/roberts

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