When my ancestors and their friends came over, they came for land and lumbering and work. Many of them started in the thumb area of Michigan, and later moved farther north, into Iosco county and Alcona county, and Alpena county. Those were lumbering areas, and after lumbering died out, they farmed that same land. I also think the great expanse of land was in itself, enticing. You could travel for miles and miles, and there always seemed to be more land. And it didn't cost much. myra herron, descendant of the Meddaughs, Herrons, Links, Spauldings, etc. --- On Sun, 5/24/09, David Seddon <dandmj@waitrose.com> wrote: From: David Seddon <dandmj@waitrose.com> Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] Immigration from Canada To: mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 3:19 PM 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