They came from Sweden and Germany during 1849 to 1881. They came by land and sea, on ships powered by wind and steam. They came for various reasons, escaping poverty, war, repression. But they had at least one thing in common; they all settled in Nebraska in search of a new beginning on land of their own. These are stories of the Treptows and Ericksons, the Linds and Schmidts and others. Stories of how they met and married, how some descendants stayed in the heartland of the USA while others spread to the country's four corners. The stories of GENEALOGICAL CROSSROADS IN NEBRASKA.