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See also [[Image:Gotoarrow. | See also [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn[[Category:Migration routes]]] [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio[[Category:Migration routes]]] | ||
=== Migration Routes === | === Migration Routes === | ||
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==== Rivers and Lakes==== | ==== Rivers and Lakes==== | ||
*Illinois River | *Illinois River | ||
*[[Mississippi | *[[Mississippi Rive[[Category:Migration routes]]] | ||
*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 | **[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. | ||
==== Trails and Highways ==== | ==== Trails and Highways ==== | ||
*[[Buffalo | *[[Buffalo Trac[[Category:Migration routes]]] | ||
*[[Chicago-Dubuque | *[[Chicago-Dubuque Highwa[[Category:Migration routes]]] | ||
*[[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 | *[[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railwa[[Category:Migration routes]]] | ||
*[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]] | *[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]] | ||
*[[Illinois Central Railroad]] | *[[Illinois Central Railroad]] | ||
====SEE ALSO [[Illinois Emigration and | ====SEE ALSO [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio[[Category:Migration routes]]]==== | ||
[[Category:Migration | [[Category:Migration Route[[Category:Migration routes]]][[Category:Illinoi[[Category: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 [[Image:Gotoarrow.pn] [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio]
Migration Routes[edit | edit source]
Canals[edit | edit source]
Rivers and Lakes[edit | edit source]
- Illinois River
- [[Mississippi Rive]
- Ohio River
- Wabash River
- Lake Michigan
- [http://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/enrolment/ The United States Vessel Enrolments for the Great Lake 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]
- [[Buffalo Trac]
- [[Chicago-Dubuque Highwa]
- Chicago-Kaskaskia Road
- Detroit-Chicago Road
- Kellog Trail
- Mihoaukee Trail
- Nashville-Saline River Trail
- National Road (or Cumberland Road)
- Old Chicago Road
- Pecatonica Trail
- Russellville-Shawneetown Trail
Railways[edit | edit source]
- [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railwa]
- Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
- Illinois Central Railroad
SEE ALSO [[Illinois Emigration and Immigratio]
[[Category:Migration Route][[Category:Illinoi]