Thanks, Gabriell. but specifically what period of time are you speaking about? In 1851, mine came in from Castle Garden port in NY. And in 1842 from Canada---yet this does not explain why they came in the first place and to Bovina specifically, which was listed as their destination. And also, it doesn't explain all the folks from Roxburgshire. vb --- Gabrielle Pierce <gbpierce@frontiernet.net> wrote: > Legend has it that they landed in Delaware county > because it so resembled > their mother land. There was somewhat of a beaten > path from Connecticut, > etc., where they'd landed by ship, to come here to > settle. > > ~~Gabrielle Pierce, former Town of Hamden Historian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Brown" <vwbrown08@yahoo.com> > To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 8:09 AM > Subject: [NYDELAWA] For the Scots, why Delaware > County? > > > > My ancestors came to Delaware county about 1842 > and > > 1851 from Roxburgshire, Scotland. There are about > 33 > > hits for "Roxburg" or "Roxburghsire" on the > Delaware > > county web-site. Can anyone tell me what the big > > attraction was to Delaware county, especially > Bovina, > > over other counties in NY state that drew so many > > people from one county in Scotland? > > Thank you. > > ~Valerie > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the > Internet in your pocket: mail, > > news, photos & more. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/