My New York atlas shows Vienna, NY, to be about two miles northeast of Oneida Lake, and about three miles north of where the Erie Canal meets the lake. I suspect that many people who relocated from New England to that area may have sought work on the construction of the Erie Canal, or in commerce along the canal, which served as the major water route from New York City to the Great Lakes. Agricultural products (and people) began to move through the canal as soon as it was opened. I had some ancestors from the Mass./Connecticut area, and their relatives originally from Rhode Island, who moved to Cambria, Niagara County, in the early 1820s and ended up back in Utica by 1830. Perhaps Utica had more jobs once construction on the canal was completed. Joanne Garland (Utica native in Massachusetts) -----Original Message----- From: zigzag <zigzag@superlink.net> To: NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com <NYONEIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: [NYONEIDA-L] Vienna, NY >Can't find this town on the map. Is there someone out there that knows >something about the above town. Had a 4xggrandfather that died there in >1821. His name was Solomon Palmer who was married to Susan Eldridge. >Susan was from RI, died in Utica....What would have brought Solomon (b. >Ct.) and Susan to this area? Farming? Industry? Family? Any help? >