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Originally Posted by BeauCharles
Yes they did. Actually every family line from all those states I listed eventually funneled into Arkansas, then Oklahoma and on to California in the early 1940s. Then we hit the Pacific Ocean and are sort of stuck. Maybe its time to reverse the order.
Looks like most of my California bound ancestors ended up in Merced or Auburn, near Sacramento. I've contacted a few 3rd cousins that still live out there.
Did your ancestors move from the South to Wisconsin? I had two great aunts that moved from Eastern Kentucky to Green Bay WI in the Depression.
No, I kept hoping I'd find maternal ancestors who left the South or otherwise did something a little different in that sense, but it didn't happen. Even very few of my (so far) many known cousins made it westward past Texas and northward past Tennessee. Last week I was so excited to find a cluster of cousins living in Arkansas, with a couple even in Oklahoma!
My mom was living near her folks in the Tampa Bay area when she met my dad (born in upstate New York), who had taken a job in Clearwater. They married, moved to CT and VA, and then to California where I was born. I've moved around a lot, too, most recently settling here in Milwaukee.
I don't meet a lot of Wisconsinites with southern ancestors or roots, so it's interesting to hear of your great aunts moving from KY to Green Bay.
*Grandparents: Arizona, Utah
*Great-Grandparents: Utah, Idaho, Arizona
*2nd Great-Grandparents: Utah, Illinois, Missouri, England, Wales
*3rd Great-Grandparents: Missouri, Virginia, Maine, Canada, England
*4th Great-Grandparents: Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, England
PATERNAL:
*Grandparents: California, Oklahoma
*Great-Grandparents: Indian Territory (OK), Texas, Arkansas, Alabama
*2nd Great-Grandparents: Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia
*3rd Great-Grandparents: Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
*4th Great-Grandparents: Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
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Maybe its time to reverse the order. 
