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. 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