Thanks Sandy and Jean, That never entered my mine even though his occupation in the 1900 census was "Foreman in Factory." Like one of those "duh" moments. I am not thinking like someone from that time in the industrial north. The only thing is that would have been an incentive from a lot of areas in PA. Back to looking at every census in every county of PA hoping for a link or hint to his father. Nancy Eustace Researching: Phelps, Pupikofer, Mackenzie I agree that the steel mills were a great incentive for work. Great industrial town. In PA my relatives worked in the coal mines that dried up. Jean -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Rozhon [mailto:srozhon@comcast.net] Sent: Sun, August 15, 2004 3:33 PM To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Incentive to move from PA to OH On 13 Aug 2004 at 15:25, NREustace@aol.com wrote: Paul Bauer mentioned in an email about a relative being born around 1850 in PA, but showing up in the 1900 census in Cuyahoga County. My Phelps line has done the same thing, in the same time frame. Was something going on during that time which gave them the incentive or caused these families to consider moving? I have yet to be able to determine where in PA they came from. The steel mills were a big draw for people looking for work. Sandy---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===--- }><(((((*> Sandy Rozhon <*)))))><{ ---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---===---