Nancy... My family moved west from MA to Cayuga Co., and later to Nunda also. I have a photograph of two pages from a history book of Nunda that I can send you as an attachment. It is not a cut and paste article. The DeGroff name does not appear on these particular pages , out main interest being the Bennett family which has a nice section devoted to it. I recently travelled to that area and it is truely beautiful, but so was Cayuga Co. and Tompkins. the Bennetts were in Locke and then Groton. Perhaps as the land was settled, everyone looked west for something better. Perhaps there were more land grants as the native Americans were moved out... Many Bennetts moved on to IL, KS and MO where they stayed. My ggggrandpa came back to Nunda after 1860, however..... Let me know if I should send you these two pages.. Lois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <nancyh@odyssey.net> To: <NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:53 PM Subject: [NYCENTRAL] Just a comment > I read with interest the postings on this site. Just a comment---I have read a few in which the ancestor has gone to Nunda or that area from Cayuga County, as did my DeGroff ancestor. Does anyone have an idea what attracted them to that area? 4th great-grandfather, Abraham DeGroff was born in Owasco in 1810, then at about 20 years of age went to Nunda where he taught school for a couple of years, then farmed there. According to the Supervisor's Report of 1830, Nunda had a population fo 1291 persons. In a centennial report, 1808-1908, it speaks of "longevity in Nunda" and specifically mentions Abraham DeGroff at age 90 in 1900, the year he died. Just curious. Nancy Hansen > > > ==== NY-CENTRA Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Maybe it had something to do with the Erie Canal being built??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois" <lckrone@netnitco.net> To: <NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [NYCENTRAL] Just a comment > Nancy... > > My family moved west from MA to Cayuga Co., and later to Nunda also. I have > a photograph of two pages from a history book of Nunda that I can send you > as an attachment. It is not a cut and paste article. > > The DeGroff name does not appear on these particular pages , out main > interest being the Bennett family which has a nice section devoted to it. > > I recently travelled to that area and it is truely beautiful, but so was > Cayuga Co. and Tompkins. the Bennetts were in Locke and then Groton. > > Perhaps as the land was settled, everyone looked west for something better. > Perhaps there were more land grants as the native Americans were moved > out... Many Bennetts moved on to IL, KS and MO where they stayed. My > ggggrandpa came back to Nunda after 1860, however..... > > Let me know if I should send you these two pages.. Lois > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy" <nancyh@odyssey.net> > To: <NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:53 PM > Subject: [NYCENTRAL] Just a comment > > > > I read with interest the postings on this site. Just a comment---I have > read a few in which the ancestor has gone to Nunda or that area from Cayuga > County, as did my DeGroff ancestor. Does anyone have an idea what attracted > them to that area? 4th great-grandfather, Abraham DeGroff was born in > Owasco in 1810, then at about 20 years of age went to Nunda where he taught > school for a couple of years, then farmed there. According to the > Supervisor's Report of 1830, Nunda had a population fo 1291 persons. In a > centennial report, 1808-1908, it speaks of "longevity in Nunda" and > specifically mentions Abraham DeGroff at age 90 in 1900, the year he died. > Just curious. Nancy Hansen > > > > > > ==== NY-CENTRA Mailing List ==== > > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at > <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== NY-CENTRA Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >