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From: Gayle Brooks <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN-L] Northern Illinois Imigration
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:56:24 -0500


Ken,

I don't know specifically about the Pommeranian area, however, what I have
learned over the past few months is that when our ancestors settled in the US
they tried to choose a climate and territory that was similar to their
homeland. This was probably not always the case as some ended up in warmer
climates, etc. My family settled in Sanilac County Michigan which is still
not hugely populated and I always wondered how they found out about it! They
also seemed to follow others of the same ethnic background. Hope this helps
some.

Ken Jahn wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone on either of these lists know of or why certain groups of
> people from Pommerania and Posen ended up where they did in the U.S.?
>
> All of my relatives that I have researched ended up in McHenry County,
> Illinois. In looking through civil records for the village in Kreis
> Belgard, where they came from, I keep running across the same names that I
> have found in Illinois. Did these people send a "scout" over to find a
> good location for the rest to settle in that was similar to their area of
> Pommerania, or did someone circulate information throughout Pommerania
> extolling the sameness of this new area?
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
> Ken
>
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