Hi Donna, >me if this is >an Irish/Scot name? There's a little over 20 miles between the two places. No matter what the name, people could go back and forth easily. Some went over for church. So I suggest you search for the people and forget the name origins. One way to get a bead on where people were fast is to go to www.familysearch.org and use IGI to determine where they were. IGI is great for Scots but not so good for Irish. So if the name doesn't seem to show up, could indicate it's largely found in Ireland. >Remembrance of Goram Scollay, Died Feb. 7, 1889. Aged 18 years." >My family landed up in Sanilac County, Michigan during that time. I have >all the census records available from AncestryPlus and I've visited >FamilySearch. This name is predominantly in Massachusetts and New York in >the earliest years. Anyone know anything? I'd use the census to determine when they came over. The later US censuses asked. The exact questions vary, but if I am recalling right the 1900 asked when they came over and if they were naturalized. This lets you then search for naturalization records. The censuses also asked where you and your parents were born. You should check ALL the censuses for the family. Sometimes they didnt' always give the same answer. If they manifested in Michigan, chances are good you will not find them in any US Passengerlist (I assume this is what you are wanting to find: the name of the ship and where they came from). The naturalization records (there are three types: you want the first papers) may give you the name of the ship as well as where they came from and when. It depends on when they came. The reason y ou may not find them on US Ship Lists is that they did what 1/3rd of all American immigrants did: They came through Canada. This was cheaper. Plus when you got here it cost you as little as a quarter to take a ferry over the lake (I'm generalizing of course). They got a special name for these people in Detroit: "Quarter Immigrants" I think. As I said 1/3rd of our ancestors did come through Canada so you can search ship records forever and you will not find them. Canada did not keep ship records until very late. No border crossings till about 1900. For more information, read the courses on immigration at www.genealogy.com/university.html. These courses are FREE and they are excellant. Naturalization research is a study in its own. You'll need to do some reading if you hope to succeed as folk could get naturalized in almost any court in the land. You search, search, and then you search some more. In your specific areas people mighta prefered a certain court. Around Detroit there's a massive collection in LDS with an index. My great grandparents also took the Canadian route and appeared in Michigan as if beamed down by a UFO. We did find them in England in the census where they said they'd come from and my father confirmed they also said they took the Maple Leaf Route. Good luck!! Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net