I received this from another name list today and thought I'd pass it on.
Good luck,
Louise Bryant Rogers
Lancaster, Ca
Researching,
BAILEY, BARNES, BRYANT, CANNON, CASH, COLLIER, DERRYBERRY, DUNCAN, FORD,
GARRISON, HARVILLE, McELRATH, RIGSBY, ROGERS, SEXTON, SHIRLEY, WALTER,
WARDLAW & WILSON
This is worth sharing on the LIST.
WAGON TRAINS WEST
Someone recently asked about tracking wagon trains that went West.
Wagon masters often kept diaries and records, which were later donated
to local genealogical societies. Newspapers in towns along the
trail--such as Omaha, Kearney, and Ogallala, Nebraska--announced the
arrival of wagon trains.
Web sites can assist you in finding wagon train trails, records, and
artifacts. One site you may want to check out is
http://www.pbs.org/trailofhope/stories.html
Wagon trains associated with specific churches might be recorded in
church records in the town of arrival or departure. For instance, a
Catholic priest of Garryowen Parish, Dubuque County, Iowa, led a wagon
train West during the Gold Rush. Lists of the members who accompanied
him are recorded in the church diocese records in Dubuque.