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The Erie Canal in [[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]] allowed boats from New York City on the Hudson River to reach rural upstate New York and Lake Erie. Eventually the Great Lakes were also connected to the Ohio River and Mississippi River systems by other canals. As canals developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the canals provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a canal, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting waterway. | The Erie Canal in [[New York, United States Genealogy|New York]] allowed boats from New York City on the Hudson River to reach rural upstate New York and Lake Erie. Eventually the Great Lakes were also connected to the Ohio River and Mississippi River systems by other canals. As canals developed in America settlers were attracted to nearby communities because the canals provided access to markets. They could sell their products at distant markets, and buy products made far away. If an ancestor settled near a canal, you may be able to trace back to a place of origin on a connecting waterway. | ||
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1819 Rome to Utica | 1819 Rome to Utica | ||
1820 Utica to Syracuse<ref name=":0">1. Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal Erie Canal]" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 15 April 2011).</ref> | 1820 Utica to Syracuse<ref name=":0">1. Wikipedia contributors, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal Erie Canal]" in Wikipedia: ''The Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 15 April 2011).</ref> | ||
1823 Brockport to Albany ([[Champlain Canal]] connecting the Hudson River to Lake Champlain was completed at the same time) | 1823 Brockport to Albany ([[Champlain Canal]] connecting the Hudson River to Lake Champlain was completed at the same time) | ||
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Prior to the building of the [http://www.eriecanal.org Erie Canal] the settlers in upstate New York were often from New England, especially Vermont. Once the Canal was finished, setters along the canal and farther west into Ohio would have reached the Erie Canal from New York City, or from along the Hudson River in New York, or from Vermont via the Champlain Canal. Most of the men who labored to build the Erie Canal were from Ireland and many of them settled near it. | Prior to the building of the [http://www.eriecanal.org Erie Canal] the settlers in upstate New York were often from New England, especially Vermont. Once the Canal was finished, setters along the canal and farther west into Ohio would have reached the Erie Canal from New York City, or from along the Hudson River in New York, or from Vermont via the Champlain Canal. Most of the men who labored to build the Erie Canal were from Ireland and many of them settled near it. | ||
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