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Theron from Akron, Ohio on 1/8/2012 3:44:10 PM:
Just watched a special on TV about German migration to Missouri. coming over on ships, travel up the Mississippi River & then up the Missouri River. I'm thinking I've been to all those towns. They brought grape vines & started vineyards etc. They had problems with floods way back then too.

 
German descendant on 1/9/2012 10:02:26 AM:
Hey Theron, what was the name of the program you watched? My great-grandfather was one of those that came over and settled along the Missouri near Boonville. I would love to see that program. Thx.

 
Theron from Akron, Ohio on 1/9/2012 7:49:26 PM:
It was on a PBS station here in Akron. Didn't get any other info. Just started watching it. Sorry!

 
German descendant from Edwardsville, IL on 1/9/2012 9:54:04 PM:
Thanks for the lead... could it have been "Destination America"?

 
Theron from Akron, Ohio on 1/10/2012 6:42:07 AM:
That seems to ring a bell in the old brain! :)