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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Migration
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 17:23:59 -0500
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There are a number of ways the family could have gone from Newburyport
to NYC 1866-1885:

Ship from N'port to NYC. There was a lot of coastwise shipping.

Ship or Eastern Railroad to Boston and ship to NYC.

Eastern Railroad to Boston and Boston & Providence to Providence and
ship to NYC

Eastern Railroad to Boston and Old Colony/B&P to Newport or Fall River
and ship to NYC

I could go on with other routes involving train and ship and all train.

I suggest that you look at the 1870 and 1880 MA and NY Census to try to
narrow down when they moved. Do you just know that they lived in N'port
and moved to NYC and are trying to locate them in NY? Remember that
Brooklyn and what is now Queens were separate cities and towns in your
period.



wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/1/2002 11:08:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> I am looking for a family that left Newburyport after 1866 and ended up
> in NYC by 1885. Does anyone know if there was a standard migration route
> from Newburyport to NYC and what it may have been? Any ideas may help me
> find this family. Thank you so much and Happy New Year.
>
> Sharl
>
> Hello ........ I grew up in the Newburyport area and have never heard of any
> standard migration route to New York City. However, if I were to guess, I
> would say the most direct route would be through Connecticutt and into New
> York. The other thing you might check out is the possibility that there may
> have been a ferry boat out of Groton, CT that went to New York. Hope this
> helps.
> Happy New Year ........Susan

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