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== '''Value of Migration Research'''  ==
== '''Value of Migration Research'''  ==


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Migration research may help you discover:  
Migration research may help you discover:  


:*a place of origin, previous hometown, or place where an ancestor settled  
{{Block indent|*a place of origin, previous hometown, or place where an ancestor settled }}
:*biographical details such as what they experienced, or with whom they traveled on their journey  
{{Block indent|*biographical details such as what they experienced, or with whom they traveled on their journey }}
:*clues for finding other records
{{Block indent|*clues for finding other records}}


See also [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio[[Category:Migration routes]]]
See also [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration]]


=== Migration Routes  ===
=== Migration Routes  ===
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==== Rivers and Lakes====
==== Rivers and Lakes====
*Illinois River  
*Illinois River  
*[[Mississippi Rive[[Category:Migration routes]]]  
*[[Mississippi River]]  
*Ohio River  
*Ohio River  
*Wabash River  
*Wabash River  
*Lake Michigan
*Lake Michigan
**[http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/enrolment/ The United States Vessel Enrolments for the Great Lake[[Category:Migration routes]] The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people (owners, captains, shipwrights) were identified.
**[http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/enrolment/ The United States Vessel Enrolments for the Great Lakes] The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people (owners, captains, shipwrights) were identified.


==== Trails and Highways ====
==== Trails and Highways ====
*[[Buffalo Trac[[Category:Migration routes]]]  
*[[Buffalo Trace]]  
*[[Chicago-Dubuque Highwa[[Category:Migration routes]]]  
*[[Chicago-Dubuque Highway]]  
*[[Chicago-Kaskaskia Road]]  
*[[Chicago-Kaskaskia Road]]  
*[[Detroit-Chicago Road]]  
*[[Detroit-Chicago Road]]  
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==== Railways ====
==== Railways ====
*[[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railwa[[Category:Migration routes]]]  
*[[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railway]]  
*[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]]  
*[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]]  
*[[Illinois Central Railroad]]
*[[Illinois Central Railroad]]


====SEE ALSO [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio[[Category:Migration routes]]]====
====SEE ALSO [[Illinois Emigration and Immigration]]====


[[Category:Migration Route[[Category:Migration routes]]][[Category:Illinoi[[Category:Migration routes]]]
[[Category:Migration Routes]][[Category:Illinois Migration Routes]]

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Value of Migration Research[edit | edit source]

Mountains, forests, waterways, and the gaps between them channeled migration into predictable settlement patterns. Events like gold or land rushes, and Indian treaties also affected settlement.

Understanding the transportation systems available to ancestors can help genealogists better guess their place of origin. Connect the place where an ancestor settled to the nearby canals,waterways, trails, roads, and railroads to look for connections to places they may have lived previously.

Migration research may help you discover:

*a place of origin, previous hometown, or place where an ancestor settled
*biographical details such as what they experienced, or with whom they traveled on their journey
*clues for finding other records

See also Illinois Emigration and Immigration

Migration Routes[edit | edit source]

Canals[edit | edit source]

Rivers and Lakes[edit | edit source]

  • Illinois River
  • Mississippi River
  • Ohio River
  • Wabash River
  • Lake Michigan
    • The United States Vessel Enrolments for the Great Lakes The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrolments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people (owners, captains, shipwrights) were identified.

Trails and Highways[edit | edit source]

Railways[edit | edit source]

SEE ALSO Illinois Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

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