HI Just a note I live in MI Grand Rapids and have relatives who came from Saratoga Co. and yes I did find them in the Saratoga History book. STEWART, names that tagged along DEAN,PELPS,ODELL, VAN VRANKEN. [email protected] wrote: > I have found that when I cannot find anything on people in Saratoga > or any place in the Northeast, I automatically start giving thought to > looking somewhere West. Many of the people who left here and > went to Michigan, for instance, seem to have started with one or > a couple of families (brothers, brothers-in-law, cousins, neighbors) > and went first. After getting a house up, land cleared, settled and > knowing what was what, encouraged the others back East to come > out too. The mass of families who dwindled here and end up there > were basically between 1827 to 1842. When one of the older > generation who remained here died, you will often find the remaining > person went to live with one of their families out west and when > they died, they were buried out there. This was true of the single > ladies, disabled and those listed in census as idots, etc. These > may be the other unknown adults in the household in the census > of 1840 and earlier. They did not have nursing homes as we do now. > > By the way, if you have early Michigan people, there is a wonderful > set of books on the Michigan Pioneers. I cannot find the exact > title but there is a set at the Onondaga County Library in Syracuse, NY > and a set at the Burton Collection at the Detroit Public Library. I have > the email address and website for a gal in Detroit area who will > look things up for a fee. I have email for people in Syracuse area > who do research also. These Pioneer books are just unbelieveable. > The pioneers wrote them, not a historian who came along years > later. The pioneers wanted to be sure that everyone knew their stories > and lineage. They had annual meetings until they died out and each > annual meeting had a report of who died, married and was born to > them in the past year. They each wrote their lineage, family stories, > affiliations, cousins, neighbors, and who of their family (in-laws, > cousins, etc.) were still back East, where their ancestors came from, > etc. > Love those books!! > > So when you lose track of your people, check to see the dates the states > out West started seeing pioneers and check their early histories to see > if your surnames appear there. Takes a little time but many of the books > like History of Saratoga County have an awful lot to offer. That is the > beauty of the GenWebPages and being able to check each county in > each state. Most have reference to local libraries, historical and > genealogy societies. The GenWebPages are almost all volunteer > efforts and anything you know about your ancestors should be > placed in their "surname" and "queries" so others may find you but also > your ancestors name is going to be placed where it should be and > become a part of their history. This may be the only record anyone > has there. Are your Saratoga ancestors all on the Saratoga GenWebPage? > > If anyone finds any mention of Saratoga families moving to an area, > please let me know. There are some historical or genealogical societies > in other states that have quite a bit of information about Saratoga > people > who were their pioneers and I have not been able to find them. There > are a couple in Wisconsin but the information I had was not correct. > We need those connections. > > God Bless > Ruth Ann > [email protected] > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.