<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.6058" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Yes, indeed, Ladonna.  I'm hoping someone out there on the list has learned something about travel times from consulting such sources.  That is exactly the kind of information I'm seeking.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/27/2011 7:49:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ladonna@leafseeker.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Jay,<BR><BR>The first thing that comes to mind to assist in determining the length of travel for that time period would be to locate journals or diaries from someone who traveled those early routes and making a time line from their notations.<BR><BR> <DIV class=moz-signature>Sincerely,<BR>LaDonna<BR>-------------------------------<BR> <P style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">LaDonna Garner, B.S., CG<SUP>SM</SUP><BR>Historic Preservationist & Board-Certified Genealogist<SUP>SM</SUP><BR>P.O. Box 24, Bloomsdale, MO 63627<BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated title=http://www.leafseeker.com/ href="http://www.leafseeker.com/">www.leafseeker.com</A>   <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext title=http://blog.leafseeker.com/ href="http://blog.leafseeker.com/">http://blog.leafseeker.com</A> Historic Preservation is important. Get involved and save our history! CG<SUP>SM</SUP> is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® and used here under license.</P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=2 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Jay Fonkert, CG<BR><A href="http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/">http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/</A><BR>Saint Paul, MN<BR><BR>Director, Association of Professional Genealogists<BR>(</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">professional profile at <A href="http://www.apgen.org)/">www.apgen.org)</A></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>Member, Genealogical Speakers Guild<BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">(professional profile at <A href="http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)">http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)</A><U><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></U>Member, International Society of Family History Writers and Editors <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=1 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="8">CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations.</FONT><FONT lang=2 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>