Re: DRAKE; ENG > CAN > OH,USA; 1832- Dianna Drake (rootsdd@yahoo.com) writes: > DRAKE; ENG > CAN > OH,USA; 1832- > > In the 1860 US census record my gggrandmother's birthplace is > listed as Canada W. In the 1870 census, it is simply listed as > Canada. > > Can anyone tell me what Canada W. means? Greetings, Canada W[est] refers to present-day Ontario. In earlier days, the area was also known as Upper Canada. -- David Agar Genealogy researcher dagar@ncf.ca http://www.ncf.ca/~de077/ de077@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (David W Agar)