Dear Listers, In doing some of the extracting work in Bay County, Michigan I noticed numerous families that had several of the oldest children born in the U.S. being born in Pennsylvania. Was there a reason for this? Did a majority of G-R's coming this route come through Philadelphia. Thanks, Gene Jenkins Selah, WA.

My Volhynian ancestors came to the US around 1900, emigrating first to Clearfield County, PA, then within a few years to Midland and Bay County, Michigan. Clearfield County was a coal mining region then, with a large G-R population. They started both a Lutheran and German Baptist church around the turn of the century there. How my Volhynians learned of this area remains a mystery to me. Bay County, MI had a few mines, but a LOT of farming. Dale Mattis, researching MATTIS/MATHES/MATHEAS, NIKOLAI, MIESKE, ARNDT, PAHL from Volhynia and Congress Poland [email protected] wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > In doing some of the extracting work in Bay County, Michigan I noticed > numerous families that had several of the oldest children born in the U.S. > being born in Pennsylvania. Was there a reason for this? Did a majority of > G-R's coming this route come through Philadelphia. > > Thanks, > > Gene Jenkins > Selah, WA. > > ==== GermanRussian Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and most SPAM is intercepted.