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From: "Bruce Lord" <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Migration
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 14:51:06 -0500
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There is no standard migration route from Newburport to NYC during this
period. Actually most migration was going in the opposite direction.
However, it was just after the Civil War and there was a fairly large
displacement of people in its aftermath. Soldiers returning often had seen
other areas and decided to move or had found wives in other areas. I would
check the ages and the wives to find if this might provide a reason for
their move or a way station along the route.

As far as methods of transportation, Newburyport was a thriving port and
ships from there went all over the east coast as well as foreign ports. The
railroad was just beginning to come into reality as an everyday
transportation factor. The routes of today are the same as in that day
except there were more routes then. The road system was fairly well
developed, There were three Post Roads goin from Boston toward New York.
One, the upper Post road passed through Worcester (roughly today's Route 9);
one, the middle Post road (also known as the Hartford Turnpike) passed
through Mendon and Hartford (several of todays routes) and the lower Post
Road passed through Rhode Island and Connecticut (roughly today's Route 1
and Route 1A).


Bruce Lord

http://www.geocities.com/bwlord1

----- Original Message ----- > 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.
> >
> My guess is that the railroads more or less paralleled the Old Post Roads.
> Just as the Eisenhauer interstate system largely parallels much older
> roads.
> It's not a bad idea that their migrations -over 20 years or so- may have
> similarly been close to one or more of the Old Post Roads.
> However, there should be an easier way to do your research. That
> is to look at the Vital Records for the states of Mass & Ct -and
> possibly RI for that period.
>


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