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From: Tucky Sancibrian <>
Subject: [VT-L] Migration West
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:32:59 -0500

This was sent to me by a friend. Thought it to be interesting and
perhaps if your ancestors migrated around this date this may have been
some of the reasoning behind their trek.



Subject: Volcano


>
> > The volcano Tambora in Indonesia began erupting on 4 April 1815
and
> > culminated in a huge eruption on the 10th and 11th of that month.
It
> > ejected 9.5 square miles of ash into the atmosphere. As a result,
in
> the
> > North Eastern United States the year 1816 was known as the "year
> without
> > summer". Not one month passed without freezing weather, ice and
snow.
> No
> > crops could be planted much less harvested. Facing devastation,
> > starvation, loss of property, etc., there began amass migration
to
> > points East and South in the following years.

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