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From: The Goughs <>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:52:38 -0500
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Phil, I would like see the maps.

Mike

Phil Goff wrote:

>Saundra,
>
>This is very informative and much appreciated.
>
>I performed a study over the weekend, based on my observation about St.
>Mary's Co., MD. Using some very basic knowledge I have about St. Mary's Co.,
>MD, I decided to approach the migration question mathmatically. As most on
>this List likely know, St. Ignatius was the patron saint of a Catholic
>settlement in St. Mary's Co., MD. In the 1790 census, I count 120 men in the
>US with some form of the given name Ignatius. Of these, 38 lived in St.
>Mary's Co., MD and a total of 73 lived in St. Mary's, Prince Georges or
>Charles Counties, MD. Another 18 were geographically separate in MA, ME, CT,
>NY, RI and VT. The remaining 29 were in other MD counties, NC, PA and SC.
>
>>From the data, I made a leap of faith that the MA, ME, CT, NY, RI and VT
>instances of the Ignatius given name were unrelated to the Catholic
>settlement in St. Mary's Co., MD, and ignored this data. However, I assumed
>that all of the others in the mid-Atlantic and southern states could be
>traced back to families in St. Mary's Co., MD. That is, the given name of
>Ignatius in SC in 1790 may have been someone born and raised in SC, but his
>parents or other relatives probably had a St. Mary's Co., MD connection.
>Next, I tabulated counts of the given name Ignatius in each mid-Atlantic or
>southern census 1790-1820. Finally, I plotted this data as a heat map on on
>a county level for MD, DE, PA, VA (incl WV), NC and KY. The missing data for
>1790 KY and VA is troublesome, but the maps provide a visual representation
>of how people migrated out of St. Mary's Co., MD. Unfortunately, this is
>about 30 to 50 years after my period of interest, but it is interesting
>nonetheless. Unlike most migration analyses that focus on surnames, this one
>focuses on the unique given name of Ignatius.
>
>If anyone is interested in a copy of my maps, I'll email them. Thanks,
>
>Phil Goff
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Saundra Brown" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Migration out of St. Mary's Co., MD
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>> From: Saundra Brown
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>> Subject: ON THE TRAIL OF THAT ELUSIVE ANCESTOR
>> >{THIS WAS A LECTURE I GAVE ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.}
>> >
>> >Introduction: Have you ever wondered how the surname you are
>>researching spread to other parts of the country from where you are? Many
>>times when I relate to people which names I am researching, they tell me
>>that they knew someone with this surname and ask whether I am related to
>>that person.
>>
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Michael J. Gough




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