You are WAY up there. Beautiful country, tho. We did a lot of camping when our kids were younger. I went to school years ago in Plymouth with a Kathy Hembre....... maybe a variation of your name? I would have no idea how to contact her now, and that was her maiden name, of course. Tanger Outlet is still open, but greatly decreased in the number of stores. The recession which no one wants to admit has hit hard at the shopping malls. No one has money to spend like they did five years ago. And a lot of people from our area have pulled out and left.....lots of vacant, unsold and unrented homes. The B-Three pretty much drained the jobs around here, when they all decided to move either to the south or to China. Mas -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elsie Pykonen Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:56 PM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] West Michigan > Where do you live in "West Michigan?" I'm in Howell. Hi, I live just outside of White Cloud, the county seat of Newaygo County. Many of the earliest settlers here came thru Canada. I volunteer in the W. C. Community Library for genealogical & history look-ups. Originally from Detroit, have lived here for 46 years. I have Garry, McDonald, Embree and Balis in my ancestry for the four main lines. Also have all five volumes of Embree Footprints in case any Embree's on the list want a search. Was pretty near Howell on June 14, stopped at Tanger Marketplace on my way home from a family wedding near Belleville. I like it much better than Birch Run. You are lucky to be so close. Best, Elsie Pykonen When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lita Your houses are beautiful!!! Can you share some information about your brick walls? Maybe some people on this list can be of assistance to you - they sure have been for me! Some of my family supposedly goes back to the area now Germany, although I too am looking for the link across the Atlantic to them. Maybe there are others on the list who are somehow connected to you or that area in Germany or Ontario... Just a thought faye ---- Lita Bower <grammapux@charter.net> wrote: > It will never happen but it's Germany. Both my brick walls are there. In > my family and my husband's family. No hint really on my hubby's altho I've > been given a general area by the name. With mine I have about a half dozen > people with the name still there but none can find a connection to us. But > then they didn't really try. They're not into genealogy - just checked with > places or people as they happened on them. > My husband's family came over and settled in the London, Ont area. Mine > came pretty much straight to Wisconsin. > > > Lita > > http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux > > Do what you love. Know your own bone; > gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. > Thoreau > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If only I could vacation in Sorel, Quebec I may be able to find information on my brick wall on my father's side. I have been stuck for ten years trying to find information on JEDEDIAH HEMINGWAY b 03 Aug 1783. I only pick him up when he married his second wife in Sorel, Quebec in 1819. Then I would be able to track his children as they moved from Sorel to St. Hugues, Quebec. That would be a miracle. If I had the finances I would love to take my siblings and myself to Baden Baden, Germany to stand on the street where my grandmother on my mother's side grew up. First I would have to find out where she lived, as I just have the general town information and no real family information. Oh it would be grand to be able to solve something. mary h 8)

Not at present. Lita http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Thoreau ----- Original Message ----- From: <joycewetherbee@sbcglobal.net> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Where Would You Vacation for Genealogy Reasons? Are you on Ancesty.com? Joyce

What a neat idea Betty I am hoping, maybe next summer, to take a trip across New Hampshire and Maine, into Nova Scotia, to trace our family's historic places. My dad's mother came from Pubnico, NS and so her family was through Yarmouth and Shelburne counties, some going up from the Cape Ann/Salem area of Mass in the late 1700s and she returning to Beverly 100 years later. His dad's line came over to Salem and stayed in the Beverly area, and there they met. My mom's father's side spanned across from the Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, across the White Mountains to Freedom, New Hamphire and Solon Maine areas, and some of them living at times in York and Waldo counties. Her mom's family came from Ireland and ended up in Andover, although I am missing about 20 years worth of their time in the States so I have no idea where they immigrated to and lived before finding their way to Andover! With unlimited time and money I would definitely add in Ireland for my Quinns, Coyles, and Caffreys, Wales for my Morgans, England and Scotland for my Smiths, Germany to find my Rudolphs and with Walter Larkin in my tree, the Isle of Wight (he seems to be a brick wall for many many Larkin descendants!). I'd also love to make my way across to Alberta and Manitoba to meet two very special women who have helped me tremendously with finding my people. Next Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing - one would hope we'd all be able to make our travel dreams come true! Happy travels and searches to everyone! faye ---- Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > In order to get the List back to mentioning our ancestors, and how to find > out about their lives, I can offer a Subject matter which I just thought of. > > I get e-mail-reminders from genealogy-publishing companies, and a book was > mentioned this morning: "Collecting Dead Relatives." And, it has a > picture of a woman chasing "relatives" with a large butterfly net on the > front cover. See below. > > I was also thinking that this is summertime and when a lot of people go on > vacation - sometimes genealogists do. (And that is a reason there are > less queries on the Lists during July and August. So, I came up with a > suggestion for a topic. IF you had the money, the health, and the > time, or the wherewithal, to take an extended vacation / trip for genealogy > reasons, where would you go? > > I have several "to do lists," of course "household to do's" and "family > to do's," but I have 2 "genealogy to do's." One is the list of all my > "brick walls" and finding out more information about those ancestors. > But, the other is a list of all the places I would travel to and spend time > in - for genealogy reasons. At the top of my list, and the one which has > been there the longest, is spend a month, or even a summer, in Washington > County, Maine. I want to see where my KIDDER and WILKINS families lived > during all of the 1800's. (Some of their descendants still live there, > and they won't respond to my letters, but maybe they would open their door, > if I knocked on it. * > > (I'd make side-trips to both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as my ancestors > lived there, also. My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandmother had 3 siblings > remain in Nova Scotia when she and one sister came down to MA.) > > Near the top of the List is spending a month, or even a summer, in > Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec. I hear that it's beautiful country > ! And I'd like to visit the long-standing "KERR Farm." And, maybe I'd > get lucky and meet some descendants of the KERR's and HENDERSON's. > > I have another set of genealogy-pen-pals in Canada, specifically in British > Columbia. And, I hear that is beautiful country, also. Perhaps a few > weeks in Vancouver would be nice. > > Trips "across the big pond" would take a little more planning. The > majority of my direct ancestors came from the United Kingdom, either in the > 1600's, or a few sets from the 1800's. Perhaps a month in England would > give me a sense of how my ancestors from 1800's lived. But, then we have > the major "brick wall ancestors" who supposedly lived in County Sligo, > Ireland. And other ancestors moved back and forth between Ireland and > Scotland in late 1700's. So, maybe I would spend a month visiting both > areas. > > That's all I'll mention this morning. Have a pleasant weekend ! > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > FYI: > http://www.genealogical.com/products/Collecting%20Dead%20Relatives/2105.html > > * Actually, last month I wrote a letter to the Public Library in > Princeton, Maine, asking for help with my KIDDER research. The Librarian > responded, and not only did she send some information but she went to the > cemeteries and took a few pictures for me. Adding to that? She is a > KIDDER descendant. She is also descended from what I call "the two > Calvin's." But, she came from a different grandson / son. ("very > distant cousin.") > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you on Ancesty.com? Joyce --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Lita Bower <grammapux@charter.net> wrote: From: Lita Bower <grammapux@charter.net> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Where Would You Vacation for Genealogy Reasons? To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 2:32 PM It will never happen but it's Germany.  Both my brick walls are there.  In my family and my husband's family.  No hint really on my hubby's altho I've been given a general area by the name.  With mine I have about a half dozen people with the name still there but none can find a connection to us.  But then they didn't really try.  They're not into genealogy - just checked with places or people as they happened on them. My husband's family came over and settled in the London, Ont area.  Mine came pretty much straight to Wisconsin. Lita http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux Do what you love.  Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Thoreau When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It will never happen but it's Germany. Both my brick walls are there. In my family and my husband's family. No hint really on my hubby's altho I've been given a general area by the name. With mine I have about a half dozen people with the name still there but none can find a connection to us. But then they didn't really try. They're not into genealogy - just checked with places or people as they happened on them. My husband's family came over and settled in the London, Ont area. Mine came pretty much straight to Wisconsin. Lita http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Thoreau

Hello, In order to get the List back to mentioning our ancestors, and how to find out about their lives, I can offer a Subject matter which I just thought of. I get e-mail-reminders from genealogy-publishing companies, and a book was mentioned this morning: "Collecting Dead Relatives." And, it has a picture of a woman chasing "relatives" with a large butterfly net on the front cover. See below. I was also thinking that this is summertime and when a lot of people go on vacation - sometimes genealogists do. (And that is a reason there are less queries on the Lists during July and August. So, I came up with a suggestion for a topic. IF you had the money, the health, and the time, or the wherewithal, to take an extended vacation / trip for genealogy reasons, where would you go? I have several "to do lists," of course "household to do's" and "family to do's," but I have 2 "genealogy to do's." One is the list of all my "brick walls" and finding out more information about those ancestors. But, the other is a list of all the places I would travel to and spend time in - for genealogy reasons. At the top of my list, and the one which has been there the longest, is spend a month, or even a summer, in Washington County, Maine. I want to see where my KIDDER and WILKINS families lived during all of the 1800's. (Some of their descendants still live there, and they won't respond to my letters, but maybe they would open their door, if I knocked on it. * (I'd make side-trips to both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as my ancestors lived there, also. My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandmother had 3 siblings remain in Nova Scotia when she and one sister came down to MA.) Near the top of the List is spending a month, or even a summer, in Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec. I hear that it's beautiful country ! And I'd like to visit the long-standing "KERR Farm." And, maybe I'd get lucky and meet some descendants of the KERR's and HENDERSON's. I have another set of genealogy-pen-pals in Canada, specifically in British Columbia. And, I hear that is beautiful country, also. Perhaps a few weeks in Vancouver would be nice. Trips "across the big pond" would take a little more planning. The majority of my direct ancestors came from the United Kingdom, either in the 1600's, or a few sets from the 1800's. Perhaps a month in England would give me a sense of how my ancestors from 1800's lived. But, then we have the major "brick wall ancestors" who supposedly lived in County Sligo, Ireland. And other ancestors moved back and forth between Ireland and Scotland in late 1700's. So, maybe I would spend a month visiting both areas. That's all I'll mention this morning. Have a pleasant weekend ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator FYI: http://www.genealogical.com/products/Collecting%20Dead%20Relatives/2105.html * Actually, last month I wrote a letter to the Public Library in Princeton, Maine, asking for help with my KIDDER research. The Librarian responded, and not only did she send some information but she went to the cemeteries and took a few pictures for me. Adding to that? She is a KIDDER descendant. She is also descended from what I call "the two Calvin's." But, she came from a different grandson / son. ("very distant cousin.")

HI All, I would loove to visit a third cousin in North Dakota who helped me put my great grandmother Annie Pollock Quinn's ancestors together, then to Australia to meet the other cousin and then to Ireland to find my elsive BOYD, QUINN and TRAYNOR lines. Harriet I am hoping, maybe next summer, to take a trip across New Hampshire and Maine, into Nova Scotia, to trace our family's historic places.  My dad's mother came from Pubnico, NS and so her family was through Yarmouth and Shelburne counties, some going up from the Cape Ann/Salem area of Mass in the late 1700s and she returning to Beverly 100 years later.  His dad's line came over to Salem and stayed in the Beverly area, and there they met.  My mom's father's side spanned across from the Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, across the White Mountains to Freedom, New Hamphire and Solon Maine areas, and some of them living at times in York and Waldo counties. Her mom's family came from Ireland and ended up in Andover, although I am missing about 20 years worth of their time in the States so I have no idea where they immigrated to and lived before finding their way to Andover! With unlimited time and money I would definitely add in Ireland for my Quinns, Coyles, and Caffreys, Wales for my Morgans, England and Scotland for my Smiths, Germany to find my Rudolphs and with Walter Larkin in my tree, the Isle of Wight (he seems to be a brick wall for many many Larkin descendants!). I'd also love to make my way across to Alberta and Manitoba to meet two very special women who have helped me tremendously with finding my people. Next Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing - one would hope we'd all be able to make our travel dreams come true! Happy travels and searches to everyone! faye ---- Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello, > > In order to get the List back to mentioning our ancestors, and how to find > out about their lives, I can offer a Subject matter which I just thought of. > > I get e-mail-reminders from genealogy-publishing companies,  and a book was > mentioned this morning:    "Collecting Dead Relatives."   And, it has a > picture of a woman chasing "relatives"  with a large butterfly net on the > front cover.     See below. > > I was also thinking that this is summertime and when a lot of people go on > vacation - sometimes genealogists do.    (And that is a reason there are > less queries on the Lists during July and August.     So, I came up with a > suggestion for a topic.       IF you had the money, the health, and the > time, or the wherewithal,  to take an extended vacation / trip for genealogy > reasons,  where would you go? > > I have several  "to do lists,"   of course "household to do's"  and  "family > to do's,"  but I have 2  "genealogy to do's."    One is the list of all my > "brick walls" and finding out more information about those ancestors. > But, the other is a list of all the places I would travel to and spend time > in - for genealogy reasons.    At the top of my list, and the one which has > been there the longest, is spend a month, or even a summer, in Washington > County, Maine.     I want to see where my KIDDER and WILKINS families lived > during all of the 1800's.      (Some of their descendants still live there, > and they won't respond to my letters, but maybe they would open their door, > if I knocked on it. * > > (I'd make side-trips to both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as my ancestors > lived there, also.    My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandmother had 3 siblings > remain in Nova Scotia when she and one sister came down to MA.) > > Near the top of the List is spending a month, or even a summer,  in > Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec.    I hear that it's beautiful country > !    And I'd like to visit the long-standing  "KERR Farm."    And, maybe I'd > get lucky and meet some descendants of the KERR's and HENDERSON's. > > I have another set of genealogy-pen-pals in Canada, specifically in British > Columbia.     And, I hear that is beautiful country, also.    Perhaps a few > weeks in Vancouver would be nice. > > Trips "across the big pond" would take a little more planning.    The > majority of my direct ancestors came from the United Kingdom, either in the > 1600's, or a few sets from the 1800's.    Perhaps a month in England would > give me a sense of how my ancestors from 1800's lived.    But, then we have > the major "brick wall ancestors" who supposedly lived in County Sligo, > Ireland.    And other ancestors moved back and forth between Ireland and > Scotland in late 1700's.    So, maybe I would spend a month visiting both > areas. > > That's all I'll mention this morning.          Have a pleasant weekend ! > > Betty         (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > FYI: > http://www.genealogical.com/products/Collecting%20Dead%20Relatives/2105.html > > *  Actually,  last month I wrote a letter to the Public Library in > Princeton, Maine, asking for help with my KIDDER research.     The Librarian > responded, and not only did she send some information but she went to the > cemeteries and took a few pictures for me.   Adding to that?    She is a > KIDDER descendant.     She is also descended from what I call "the two > Calvin's."  But, she came from a different grandson / son.     ("very > distant cousin.") > > > >  When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, For people who live in New England, or who have an interest in the history of New England (US), a new List has just been started up. I had thought about a month ago that there is a need for this List and another Administrator volunteered to request it. * It got approved yesterday. This is the information-page for it: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Occupations/NEW-ENGLAND-RAILROADS.html It is for both the history of railroads and the railroad-workers, etc. If you know other people who might be interested in this new List, please pass the information along. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator * RootsWeb has a rule that whoever wants a new List to be started up, "must" volunteer to be the Administrator for that List. www.rootsweb.com By the way, being an Administrator of a List is not so bad ! Once you understand the "system," you just g along with it ! So, IF you think there is a List which does not cover a subject you're interested in, think about requesting it.

  I too would like to go to Washington County, Maine and find Perkins relatives. Also Ross and Fosters from Carlton County,N.B. and Aroostook County, Maine.I have a brick wall with Mehitable Tibbets From Carlton county. Pat Davis --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: From: Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Where Would You Vacation for Genealogy Reasons? To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 7:11 AM Hello, In order to get the List back to mentioning our ancestors, and how to find out about their lives, I can offer a Subject matter which I just thought of. I get e-mail-reminders from genealogy-publishing companies,  and a book was mentioned this morning:    "Collecting Dead Relatives."   And, it has a picture of a woman chasing "relatives"  with a large butterfly net on the front cover.     See below. I was also thinking that this is summertime and when a lot of people go on vacation - sometimes genealogists do.    (And that is a reason there are less queries on the Lists during July and August.     So, I came up with a suggestion for a topic.       IF you had the money, the health, and the time, or the wherewithal,  to take an extended vacation / trip for genealogy reasons,  where would you go? I have several  "to do lists,"   of course "household to do's"  and  "family to do's,"  but I have 2  "genealogy to do's."    One is the list of all my "brick walls" and finding out more information about those ancestors. But, the other is a list of all the places I would travel to and spend time in - for genealogy reasons.    At the top of my list, and the one which has been there the longest, is spend a month, or even a summer, in Washington County, Maine.     I want to see where my KIDDER and WILKINS families lived during all of the 1800's.      (Some of their descendants still live there, and they won't respond to my letters, but maybe they would open their door, if I knocked on it. * (I'd make side-trips to both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as my ancestors lived there, also.    My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandmother had 3 siblings remain in Nova Scotia when she and one sister came down to MA.) Near the top of the List is spending a month, or even a summer,  in Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec.    I hear that it's beautiful country !    And I'd like to visit the long-standing  "KERR Farm."    And, maybe I'd get lucky and meet some descendants of the KERR's and HENDERSON's. I have another set of genealogy-pen-pals in Canada, specifically in British Columbia.     And, I hear that is beautiful country, also.    Perhaps a few weeks in Vancouver would be nice. Trips "across the big pond" would take a little more planning.    The majority of my direct ancestors came from the United Kingdom, either in the 1600's, or a few sets from the 1800's.    Perhaps a month in England would give me a sense of how my ancestors from 1800's lived.    But, then we have the major "brick wall ancestors" who supposedly lived in County Sligo, Ireland.    And other ancestors moved back and forth between Ireland and Scotland in late 1700's.    So, maybe I would spend a month visiting both areas. That's all I'll mention this morning.          Have a pleasant weekend ! Betty         (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator FYI: http://www.genealogical.com/products/Collecting%20Dead%20Relatives/2105.html *  Actually,  last month I wrote a letter to the Public Library in Princeton, Maine, asking for help with my KIDDER research.     The Librarian responded, and not only did she send some information but she went to the cemeteries and took a few pictures for me.   Adding to that?    She is a KIDDER descendant.     She is also descended from what I call "the two Calvin's."  But, she came from a different grandson / son.     ("very distant cousin.") When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I live in Utah these days, so may never get to make this trip, but it's always there, if I get the chance.  I'd go to the area in Ontario that's in Haldimand, to Cayuga, and the little towns around it.  My great grandfather, George Colburn Herron, whose lineage is impossible to track, had run away from his apprenticeship in Albany, New York, and had landed in Cayuga to live with Isaac and Polly Mino.  Nowhere can I find anything that shows him there.  And the whole story about his youth is just that, HIS story.  We have to take what he passed down to my other ancestors, who fortunately, wrote it down, as the truth.  We're suspicious, because there is no trail for him until he has married his wife, and had two children and appears in Alpena county, Michigan!  He SAID he was born in York state (New York), but in many documents, where he supplied the information, he also said he was born in Canada!  His parents were Patrick and Mary Ann, according to his death certificate.  So many discrepancies in his story, when compared with other documents.  I'd like to find that dusty trail of evidence of his life.    George's wife, Catherine Link, also lived in the Cayuga area, between  1854, when they came from Germany to Canada, and about 1861, when they evidently married.  Her brothers and sisters:  Mary (Marie) Link, b. 3-3-1846, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, married Christian Limberg. Martin Link, b. 11-4-1851, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, d. 11-4-1937 in Buffalo, NY, married Esther Gehringer. Anna Link, b. 1-26-1837, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, married Henry Martin. Barbara Link, b. 9-13-1838, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, married Christian Effinger. Catherine (Katharina) Link, b. 6-10-1842, Trossingen Wurttemberg, Germany, married George Colburn Herron. Jake (Jakob) Link, b. 2-27-1844, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, married Dorothy Mino, neighbor in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada. John (Johannes) Link, b. 8-20-1848, Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, married Ellen Wilson.  They either stayed in the same general area after their marriages, or went to around Buffalo, New York.    The sad thing is, when I lived in Michigan, I was SO close to that area!  I even traveled from the Detroit area to Niagara Falls several times, probably driving within a few miles of all those homes from the past!  I never knew it then!  And now, I'm SO far away!  Makes one sigh in regret!! MYRA HERRON Tempus Fugit; Memento Mori  (Time Flies; Remember, you will Die.) Let no one ever say of you, And say it to your shame, That all was always beauty here, that is, until you came. --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: From: Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Where Would You Vacation for Genealogy Reasons? To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:11 AM Hello, In order to get the List back to mentioning our ancestors, and how to find out about their lives, I can offer a Subject matter which I just thought of. I get e-mail-reminders from genealogy-publishing companies,  and a book was mentioned this morning:    "Collecting Dead Relatives."   And, it has a picture of a woman chasing "relatives"  with a large butterfly net on the front cover.     See below. I was also thinking that this is summertime and when a lot of people go on vacation - sometimes genealogists do.    (And that is a reason there are less queries on the Lists during July and August.     So, I came up with a suggestion for a topic.       IF you had the money, the health, and the time, or the wherewithal,  to take an extended vacation / trip for genealogy reasons,  where would you go? I have several  "to do lists,"   of course "household to do's"  and  "family to do's,"  but I have 2  "genealogy to do's."    One is the list of all my "brick walls" and finding out more information about those ancestors. But, the other is a list of all the places I would travel to and spend time in - for genealogy reasons.    At the top of my list, and the one which has been there the longest, is spend a month, or even a summer, in Washington County, Maine.     I want to see where my KIDDER and WILKINS families lived during all of the 1800's.      (Some of their descendants still live there, and they won't respond to my letters, but maybe they would open their door, if I knocked on it. * (I'd make side-trips to both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as my ancestors lived there, also.    My LEWIS / CORKILL great-grandmother had 3 siblings remain in Nova Scotia when she and one sister came down to MA.) Near the top of the List is spending a month, or even a summer,  in Argenteuil County, Province of Quebec.    I hear that it's beautiful country !    And I'd like to visit the long-standing  "KERR Farm."    And, maybe I'd get lucky and meet some descendants of the KERR's and HENDERSON's. I have another set of genealogy-pen-pals in Canada, specifically in British Columbia.     And, I hear that is beautiful country, also.    Perhaps a few weeks in Vancouver would be nice. Trips "across the big pond" would take a little more planning.    The majority of my direct ancestors came from the United Kingdom, either in the 1600's, or a few sets from the 1800's.    Perhaps a month in England would give me a sense of how my ancestors from 1800's lived.    But, then we have the major "brick wall ancestors" who supposedly lived in County Sligo, Ireland.    And other ancestors moved back and forth between Ireland and Scotland in late 1700's.    So, maybe I would spend a month visiting both areas. That's all I'll mention this morning.          Have a pleasant weekend ! Betty         (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator FYI: http://www.genealogical.com/products/Collecting%20Dead%20Relatives/2105.html *  Actually,  last month I wrote a letter to the Public Library in Princeton, Maine, asking for help with my KIDDER research.     The Librarian responded, and not only did she send some information but she went to the cemeteries and took a few pictures for me.   Adding to that?    She is a KIDDER descendant.     She is also descended from what I call "the two Calvin's."  But, she came from a different grandson / son.     ("very distant cousin.") When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. 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Thanks for clearing up a question I've had for ages!!!  Interesting that they're still around! Judy --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Marty Reilly <marreilly@hughes.net> wrote: From: Marty Reilly <marreilly@hughes.net> Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Foods You First Ate as a Child in '40's To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 7:32 AM We have a Spudnuts in Virginia.  They are doughnuts made with potato flour. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We have a Spudnuts in Virginia. They are doughnuts made with potato flour.

Hello, Just went to find information on the history and found this page. It offers a nice, success story: Mr. Kresge initiated the new department store chain on his 56th birthday. He began his career as a school-teacher at $22 a month, and after having been successively insurance agent, furnishings salesman, department store bookkeeper, tin-plate salesman, he went into business for himself with a capital of $8,000 with J. G. McCrory-now head of another large store system. >From a single store in Detroit, the Kresge stores have expanded to a system of 223 stores throughout the country, which last year handled $65,000,000 of goods. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,727350,00.html Also, I'm just finding this site. It looks like it is for "TIME" magazine, and you can "search" there - possibly for old articles. The above article was from 1923: http://www.time.com/time/ Here's another brief history of "Kresge's." More than one hundred years ago, Sebastian Spering Kresge opened a modest five-and-dime store in downtown Detroit...and changed the entire landscape of retailing. The store that Kresge built has evolved into an empire of more than 1,500 stores and an Internet presence that reaches millions of customers. The Kmart name has become a symbol of Americana, standing for quality products at low prices. When Kresge opened his first store in 1899, he sold everything for 5 and 10 cents. The low prices appealed to shoppers and allowed him to expand to 85 stores in 1912, with annual sales of more than $10 million. http://www.searsholdings.com/about/kmart/history.htm Further looking on-line shows that Sebastian KRESGE bought a department store in NJ, and then in 1920's opened a K-Mart store. I think it's saying that Kresge's did not become a K-Mart. It was just another purchase. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kmart --- I just checked census information and KRESGE is a big Pennsylvania name. It doesn't show up until 1860, but many families were there and born in PA, so it must have had a different spelling before then. This is the first time I see Sebastian. He has a wife and no children. I wonder what the original spelling was. KRESGE, SEBASTIAN (1900 U.S. Census) MICHIGAN , WAYNE, 17-WD DETROIT Age: 33, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PA Series: T623 Roll: 753 Page: 278 Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator

Woolworth's???? -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paulette Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:32 AM To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Foods You First Ate as a Child in '40's Kreski's or Newberry's and there is another one that we can't think of the name of... Paulette E. When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I guess this was before people knew about the Heimlich maneuver??? "I used to know a lady in my town in the 1980's, during my single-parent days. She was sitting at the table with her husband and kids for Sunday dinner. Her husband "choked to death" - at the table." Wouldn't that be about the most horrible thing that could happen? In front of the poor kids, too???? -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:24 AM To: new-england-memories@rootsweb.com; can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Reasons for "Sudden Deaths" Hello, My hubby had an uncle in Cambridge, MA (US) who went out for a walk in the woods. He stopped and picked up some mushrooms and ate one. His uncle did not come home from his walk. I think it was the 1950's. And, there must have been more "open space" in Cambridge at that time. His other uncle suffered from Epilepsy, and he also died in the 1950's. .. And, sorry to hear on the news this morning that there was a "fatal" Tornado strike in Northern Ontario. I heard it on "The Weather Channel." http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/todayinweather.html#canadatorna do0710 And, someone on the Brooklyn, NY (US) List today mentioned the "fatal" Heat Wave in 1918. (I suffered through an official Heat Wave on a visit to EX's family in Brooklyn, ~1968-1970. He came from a poor family and lived in a tenement building; their apt. had 3 windows which opened into courtyards. And they had one, small fan. My last trip to Brooklyn was ~1975.) :o) And, my mother's grandfather was sitting at the table having dinner with his family, when he died while sitting there. I'll have to dig out his "death record," but I don't think it was a Stroke. I think it was an undiagnosed health problem. And I lost an uncle ~10 yrs. ago. He was 60 and was living in VA. He kept telling me on the phone he didn't feel well and blamed it on "allergies." Virginia-weather conditions. He didn't go to doctors; didn't like them. But his wife "insisted" that he go to a VA Hospital to be checked out. That night-- he died. The autopsy showed he had: undiagnosed cancer, undiagnosed heart disease, and undiagnosed lung disease. (All 3 diseases came down from his KIDDER ancestors along the Maine / New Brunswick border.) I used to know a lady in my town in the 1980's, during my single-parent days. She was sitting at the table with her husband and kids for Sunday dinner. Her husband "choked to death" - at the table. OOPS ... not a pleasant discussion, for a sunny morning in New England ! I should be talking about - taking a walk in the woods ! :o) Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator (I just heard that the "Cathedral of the Pines" in southern NH was affected by the "Ice Storm" of this Spring. A "good" place to take a walk in the woods.) When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It was always the job for the KID to squeeze those blessed bags to break the color button and then try to get it all mixed into the margarine uniformly..... Thank Heaven, when they finally legalized coloring the stuff!!! -----Original Message----- From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marilyn Craig Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:31 PM To: kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com; can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. At our house, we used the bacon grease for cooking and I think my dad made lye soap out of it also. I also remember the first oleo I saw. It was white in color and came in a plastic bag. There was a little button of food coloring in the middle and me and my brother fought over who would mix the stuff. That was fun, but it was the most awful stuff I had ever eaten. It felt as if there was sand in it. That oleo made me vow to never buy anything but butter once I grew up. and I never did. I was born during the second world war (1943) and we lived on a farm, so I do not remember rationing, but my parents were frugal, as they had also come through the depression with the 3 kids older than me. Marilyn Craig On Jul 11, 2009, at 1:39 AM, D.C. wrote: > My dad used to tell us about a sign in the window of a store. The > sign > said, "Ladies, Bring your fat cans in here." He laughed every time. > > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Judy Bingham > I remember the grease in the coffee cans. > > From: Elsie Pykonen <elpyk@ncats.net> > Also remember we saved and strained all grease from frying, etc, > stored in > cans and sold to the butcher shop for 5 cents/pound. I think the > old grease > was used for munitions. > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, > I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to > include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please > make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I remember how proud I was to finally be strong enough to pop the button. Lita http://www.picturetrail.com/grammapux Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Thoreau ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Coyle" <eileencoyle@mchsi.com> To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] WWII rationing. >I remember my siblings and I used to fight over who got to squeeze the bag, > so my mother used to make us take turns. They would get really upset when > it was my turn, because I wouldn't eat it. It was so awful tasting. I > still won't eat it.