It always amazes me how these early immigrants traveled and how often,
considering the conditions of the times. I live in Dubois County and the
Dubois County Germans had very close ties with Louisville, KY. There was
a lot of traveling back and forth, either on the Ohio (from Troy) or along
the Buffalo Trace (from the northern part of the couty to New Albany (hwy
150 now). In doing my research, I have found very little family
movement between Dubois and Vanderburgh--although I do have a Horn family
left went to the northern part of Vanderburgh Co (Hornville).
When the immigrants left the old country, entire families, neighbors,
friends, sometimes the entire town would immigrate. And they usually
ended up in the same area over here. It would be nice if we could take
all our families and friends with us when we moved and leave the black sheep
behind. But the black sheep usually came along and were the black sheep
over here. Helen Zuber Keusch-- family ties in Posey, Gibson,
Vanderburgh, Dubois (IN), White, Wayne, Wabash (IL).
forever searching in the LAND, EDWARDS, WOFFORD, REEVES, MULLINIKS,
CRABTREE, GOODWIN, CHAPMAN, BENNETT, ZUBER, BANGERT, ANTHIS,
GOODART-GUTEKUNST, BANGERT, EAKINS, FORD-FOARD, SANDEFUR, MELTON, HANDLEY,
EZELL, WALCUP, THOMASSON, and DUNCAN families. On hubby's side-- lines of
KEUSCH, ZIMMERMANN, MEHRINGER, SCHITTER/SCHUETTER, SCHMITT, HOCHGESANG,
HOPF, and BURGER (Dubois CO, IN).