One of the reasons was that there were ships sailing directly out of Glasgow to Canada (in particular to Prince Edward Island, among others). It may have been cheaper than to sail to the US where the ship would have to pay more for their cargo to be unloaded, etc. They could be sure that hotels, etc in NY would be much more pricely than in Canada. Also there were settlements in Canada that were very strongly Scottish. There they could find support when they landed and after a time could go to the US-just over the border. The St. Albans area border crossings were frequently unmanned (even when I was a child, they were often unmonitored in some area-people went over the border to get their hair cut!) so it was easy to get into the US from there. No reply necessary. Ruthie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Patin" <cap350@cfl.rr.com> To: <VTCHITTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Scots settling in Vermont > I have the same situation. > > My ancestors, James McCollum and his wife Mary Jane Fleming were born in > Scotland. Their only child Isabella was born in Ireland in 1822. > > I first find the family in the 1840 Jericho,Chittenden, VT census. > > They removed to Concord, Jefferson, WI with their son-in-law Henry Martin > Rouse, born 1822 VT, after Oct 1843. They are enumerated on the 1850 and > 1860 Concord, Jefferson WI census. Henry Martin Rouse removed to Kent, MI > after 1860. His mother-in-law, Mary Jane (Fleming) McCollum is enumerated in > his household in the 1870 Paris,Kent,MI census. > > > Carl A Patin > Casselberry FL >