That's a good thought. I write a family newsletter, and always am searching for something to make the readers think about our past people. This was a great thought, so I have put that into my November newsletter. So far, of course, that's all there is there, so I have to work the rest of this month on the other pages of the letter. I think I'd invite OUR brick wall, my great grandfather's parents. Patrick Herrin, from Ireland, in Albany New York for the 1850 census. His wife, Mary Ann, census says from Ireland, but family tradition says Pennsylvania Dutch. Their son, George Colburn Herron, lost his mom at an early age, and was apprenticed out by his father. The situation was a horror, so George ran away, and ended up in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada. He there lived with Isaac and Mary Mino, near the Jacob and Anna Link family. And the rest is our history. But the information George passed to us doesn't quite match the information in the census, so I'd like to find out more. Is it them? What really happened? When did he come over, and what was the route? So many questions, NO answers. Yet. Fortunately, George's children heard the stories he was telling, and they were written down. And handed down! These are the basis for our little bit of Herron genealogy, which stops going backwards at 1850. Oh yes, Patrick would be a welcome guest at MY table! myra herron Betty <[email protected]> wrote: Hi again, Speaking of Thanksgiving, some List Administrators bring up a subject around this time: "Which ancestor would you invite to your Thanksgiving dinner - if you could ? Since Thanksgiving in the US is about a month away, we have lots of time to think about who we would invite. Immediately I would invite all my "brick wall" and "concrete block wall" ancestors, most of whom are involved with my maternal grandmother's "long, complicated story." I want to find out who her birth-mother was in 1889, and that would be the first thing I would bring up for discussion. Another "concrete block wall" involves families in late 1700's Ireland. And, I'll guess a great many people have ancestors from that time in Ireland they can't trace. That's all I'll mention for now. Have a pleasant week ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator P.S. I would also invite Evan CORKILL who lived during the 1800's on the Isle of Man and England. I would very much like to find out if he remained in contact with his 6 children who were "shipped to Canada" between 1873 -1875. Or, did he just continue being a "Master Mariner" - traveling around the world - until his retirement years - forgetting that he was a father ? (And I want to know if he knew that he had over ~30 grandchildren in Canada and the U.S.) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names. 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message MYRA HERRON This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." --George Bernard Shaw "Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." unknown