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From: "Carla and Jeff Leber" <>
Subject: Re: [WVBERKEL] Migration routes?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:46 -0600
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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

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