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Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860

Mary Hill, AG

May 27, 2015

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Welcome

3:08

Speaker's Introduction

1:24

Introduction

3:16

glorecords.blm.gov

0:36

Court house land records

1:36

Military Service

1:10

Migration Route Books

5:03

Settlement Patterns

2:46

Physical Geography

2:35

Reasons for Migration

5:43

Migration Trails

5:05

The Revolutionary War

5:10

The National Road

2:25

Settlement of the Old Northwest

2:21

Into Virginia

1:02

Movement South in the 1700s

2:08

Inland from South Carolina

0:22

Early Pee Dee Settlers

0:21

Into Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley

0:41

Other Trails Roads and Paths

3:23

Trail of Tears

2:13

Why Westward Migration

1:18

How to Find People on the Move

0:06

Census Records

0:40

Vital Records

0:39

Church Records

1:28

Find A Grave

0:45

How to Proceed

2:29

Newspapers

1:17

Military Records

2:13

Manuscript Collections

1:01

FamilySearch Wiki

1:05

NUCMC

2:20

Associates Records

1:01

Migrations.org

0:25

Review

4:58

Announcements / prizes

6:10

Questions and Answers

18:55

After-Webinar Party

0:36

Migration Mapping

14:28

About this webinar

Why did people migrate from one location to another? What routes did they follow, and how can identifying migration trails help you find your ancestors? Learn from maps and historical details how to follow the trail of your ancestors.

About the speaker

Mary Hill, AG

Mary E.V. Hill, MLS, AG® (Mid-Atlantic States); worked as reference librarian at BYU from 1989-1992, as genealogy instructor at BYU from 1992-1995, as Family History Library US/Canada Reference consul...

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