Dear All, I believe the last time I posted a comment on the list I followed John Long's "Best Available Data" - a maxim I frequently use. My enquiry (from Norwich, England) is why did so many people travel to MI from Canada? I can see the geographical proximity would make such a move relatively straight forward and I am sure residents in MI would not be surprised that people set up home in their State, But I wondered whether there were any other inducements to settle there. I have two families in MI: the Samains who came through MD to NY in 1825 and then on to Washtenaw in 1835 and then later to Ionia; and the Wastells who came through Guelph, Ontario to St Clair and Lenawee in about 1845. Many of the group seem to have some Canadian roots and I was curious.... All best wishes, David
Good, cheap land enticed thousands to settle in Michigan. I think half of New York moved there after the Erie Canal was finished.I had family in many different counties. -----then they all moved west to Montana, Idaho, Oregon. D Hagerty On May 24, 2009, at 12:19 PM, David Seddon wrote: > Dear All, > I believe the last time I posted a comment on the list I followed > John Long's "Best Available Data" - a maxim I frequently use. > My enquiry (from Norwich, England) is why did so many people travel > to MI from Canada? I can see the geographical proximity would make > such a move relatively straight forward and I am sure residents in MI > would not be surprised that people set up home in their State, But I > wondered whether there were any other inducements to settle there. I > have two families in MI: the Samains who came through MD to NY in > 1825 and then on to Washtenaw in 1835 and then later to Ionia; and > the Wastells who came through Guelph, Ontario to St Clair and Lenawee > in about 1845. > Many of the group seem to have some Canadian roots and I was > curious.... > All best wishes, > David > > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please > respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.migenweb.net/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MI-GENEALOGY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >