From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Sep 7 11:49:40 2003 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h87Hne1x027318; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:49:40 -0600 Received: from roots-in (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h87Hneip011213 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:49:40 -0600 Received: from roots-in (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-in (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h87FhZ4H030613 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:43:35 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-in (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h87FhZ93030611 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:43:35 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [207.40.200.41]) by roots-in (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h87CuC4H030233 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:56:12 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id h87F2D4x024405 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:02:13 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Oldladywhose@aol.com Sun Sep 7 09:02:13 2003 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h87F2D1x024394 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:02:13 -0600 Received: from imo-r05.mx.aol.com (imo-r05.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.101]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h87F2Cip005117 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:02:13 -0600 Received: from Oldladywhose@aol.com by imo-r05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id e.ca.21750ace (24895) for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:01:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Oldladywhose@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:01:56 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6018 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] migration to MO I think the information on Erie Canal and early transportation has been very interesting and educational for many of us on this list. Certainly, I have learned much. I saved all book titles and websites for further study. It was a new concept to me that there were MANY canals that the immigrants could and did use for transportation to the inland. And I especially enjoyed the post stating that the writer had actually "traveled" on the canal! That would be a very interesting trip! Thank you ALL for sharing...and thanks to the first poster who asked how his/her relatives arrived in MO. There is currently a small discussion about "leaving the canal and walking" or "leaving the lakes and walking" to inner America. Actually, I wrote the original post, and I just checked: I wrote "leaving the WATER and walking". I knew that my Wisconsin ggrandfather and other families left the lake to walk to homesteads...like eliz, I think of the Great Lakes as part of the "whole package" of water transportation, but had no clue where the Erie Canal started/ended. I also understand, of course, that Wisconsin is NOT Missouri (duh); but I thought by contributing the route that the Wisconsin settlers traveled, it might give the MO poster an idea to explore. If you would like to respond to this note, probably a personal email would be appreciated by most of the listers. It has been a great string, and I would hate to see it end in disagreement.