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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