Curious to know if others had ancestors who relocated from Wood County to Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin. Was it just our family moving up in late 1880s? Or was the area a comparative "land of opportunity", thereby attracting many to the North? If you have an Ashland link, you may find it helpful to know about the Ashland City Directories for 1888-1893 online at Ancestry.com. The information is in the "new databases" section, which is currently accessible at no charge: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4861.htm