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From: "Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr." <>
Subject: US Migration [Regional Genealogy] such as "The American West" at: http://www.americanwest.com/
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:19:41 -0700


You may be interested in the Topic of Regional Genealogy:
SEE:
http://www.esva.net/ghotes/uft/uftreg.htm
Using UFT for Regional Genealogy, by
Moody K. Miles, III
This site suggests: "Regional Genealogy –
I define this to be the genealogy of most or all
of the families of a geographic region, especially
when these families are interrelated through
intermarrying over many generations."

As noted at:
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/archive2.htm
"In the United States, prior to the 1870's, agriculture
was the major occupation in the nation. By the time
of the 1790 Census, 94 per cent of all the United States
population was involved in agriculture, President
George Washington not excluded."

To fully understand the personal daily agricultural life
influencing migration, SEE:
http://www.mountvernon.org/pioneer/lite/introduction.html

PLEASE NOTE AT:
http://www.mountvernon.org/pioneer/lite/farms/rotation.html
"At a time when [MOST] plantation owners were
[DEPLETING] their soil by overplanting, George Washington
devised a method of crop rotation designed to improve the
long-term productivity of his land."

"Information about the migration [of] interrelated families in
the US during the 18th and early 19th centuries" would
require, in my mind, a study of the regional depletion in
crop production, as well as the joint proximity of families
in both the gaining and losing States. Time frames of
migration would be connected intimately to weather
conditions, communication and travel limitations, as well
as the sense of "community" among the migrating families.
http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html
This would include the simple fact of the economic
possession of tools, seeds, farm animals, vehicles;
the JOINT BONDING OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN ONE
FAMILY WITH OTHER FAMILIES, AS THEY HELPED
EACH OTHER OUT IN THE PROCESS OF GENERAL
WESTWARD MOVEMENT; etc.
http://www4.genealogy.com/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+view5+gene+2364+1++%28%20dead%20AND%20end%20%29

A further example of religious community contacts
can be found at:
http://www.n1.net/~mcward/simmonds.htm
Note in the case of the GRAYBILL families, that:
"They were apparently part of a large migration from western
North Carolina of interrelated families and friends." ETC."

SEE ALSO:
http://www.ancestry.com/home/source/src364.htm
Please note in particular: "Immigrant groups frequently
founded their own churches, schools, banks, boarding
houses, and other institutions. They also had their own
academic, athletic, charitable, fraternal, occupational,
and social organizations." This would carry down as
a communications and social control, through later
migrations within the United States.
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif

You may also wish to study:

Demography & Population Studies
The Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies.
Contact the "Email discussion lists for Demographers",
listed at the bottom of the web site, for possible resources
of interest to you.

The above is located at: GENEALOGY and HISTORY
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/geneal.htm

Respectfully yours,

Tom Tinney, Sr.
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/sources.htm
Listed in: Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry,
[both editions]

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