In a message dated 7/8/01 11:25:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Many folks moved west because a friend or relative had found > a good place. Some also moved back after a year or three for various > reasons. > Thanks for your response -- this is precisely my question. Perhaps a comparison of where people settled from Franklin (or any other county) would show a pattern of group migration that would reveal previously obscure family relationships. My CLOSSEN/CLASSON family, consisting of John CLOSSEN and Mary GREEN CLOSSEN and children, left Bangor NY and settled in Wayne county MI in early 1850s. Any other Franklin county families who migrated to Wayne county (Detroit area)? Pat Busbice