Just a couple of thoughts on this, the first settlers likely came shortly after the French and Indian War, farming was listed as an occupation for almost all early settlers but it would not resemble farming today, logging was the real occupation of most of these settlers. Most people settled here because they already had relatives here and the cost of land. The 1855 NYS Census gives all sorts information on farm production in each town, crops grown, animals owned, amount of land in production, and harvest tallies. Bob Green

Wow! Unfortunately I think Texas state archives only have teh federal census! I'll have to look into this more carefully. My whole family are curious now. Dora --- Robert & Barbara Green <rgbkg@capital.net> wrote: > Just a couple of thoughts on this, the first > settlers likely came shortly after the French and > Indian War, farming was listed as an occupation for > almost all early settlers but it would not resemble > farming today, logging was the real occupation of > most of these settlers. Most people settled here > because they already had relatives here and the cost > of land. > > The 1855 NYS Census gives all sorts information on > farm production in each town, crops grown, animals > owned, amount of land in production, and harvest > tallies. > > Bob Green > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/