Ancestral towns and migration

[chalkoutline]

I use familysearch to go back as many generations as possible to identify ancestral towns and plot my ancestors migration paths. I then study local history to see if I can identify the cause of their migration.

For example...I recently determined my ancestors in Bas-rhin, Alsace, France migrated from Baden, Germany to flee the 30 years war.

I have a trip on the drawing board to visit these towns.

 

[Mackaydon]

My kin were banished from the Highlands of Scotland by the owners of the land; they no longer wanted crofters (farmers, like ourselves); instead they wanted the land for raising sheep. This was a time called the 'Clearances" of Scotland (early 1800s). We migrated to Canada on about the same latitude where we could continue to farm the land.
Don in SoCal

 

[pepperj]

My kin were banished from the Highlands of Scotland by the owners of the land; they no longer wanted crofters (farmers, like ourselves); instead they wanted the land for raising sheep. This was a time called the 'Clearances" of Scotland (early 1800s). We migrated to Canada on about the same latitude where we could continue to farm the land.
Don in SoCal

What part of Canada?

 

[Mackaydon]

Embro, Ontario NW of Woodstock.

 

[Sandog]

I use familysearch to go back as many generations as possible to identify ancestral towns and plot my ancestors migration paths. I then study local history to see if I can identify the cause of their migration.

For example...I recently determined my ancestors in Bas-rhin, Alsace, France migrated from Baden, Germany to flee the 30 years war.

I have a trip on the drawing board to visit these towns.

My direct ancestors came from Gemmingen in a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Wurttemberg. They were members of the Germanna Colony of 1717.

 

[chalkoutline]

My direct ancestors came from Gemmingen in a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Wurttemberg. They were members of the Germanna Colony of 1717.

Lemmings is 17 mine from Pfaffenhofen where I have ancestors. I also hadn't heard about the Germanna colony. Quite interesting!

 

[ToddsPoint]

My great grandfather came from South Tyrol Austria in 1895. From the town of Fiave near Lake Garda. We are ethnic Italian and South Tyrol reverted back to Italy in 1915 during WW1. My cousins still live in Fiave. I went to engraving and art school in ‘84-‘85 in Gardone VT, which is about 20 mi from Fiave. I got a good taste of where and what my family was all about.

 

[Sandog]

The links below shed some light on the various communities from which the Germanna originated. It is believed by some that the immigrants were delayed intentionally for a year in London to render them penniless and therefore have to take on indentured servitude to Governor Spotswood in Virginia, rather than continue to their original destination, joining Wm. Penn in Pennsylvania. My Clore family made out better than most because they were able to pay off the indenture.

List of Original Germanna Settlers - Historic Germanna

The list of the original German settlers who were brought to Fort Germanna in Virginia--the 1714 Colony, the 1717 Colony, and later groups.

germanna.org

 

[chalkoutline]

The links below shed some light on the various communities from which the Germanna originated. It is believed by some that the immigrants were delayed intentionally for a year in London to render them penniless and therefore have to take on indentured servitude to Governor Spotswood in Virginia, rather than continue to their original destination, joining Wm. Penn in Pennsylvania. My Clore family made out better than most because they were able to pay off the indenture.

List of Original Germanna Settlers - Historic Germanna

The list of the original German settlers who were brought to Fort Germanna in Virginia--the 1714 Colony, the 1717 Colony, and later groups.

germanna.org

Great information

 

[chalkoutline]

My great grandfather came from South Tyrol Austria in 1895. From the town of Fiave near Lake Garda. We are ethnic Italian and South Tyrol reverted back to Italy in 1915 during WW1. My cousins still live in Fiave. I went to engraving and art school in ‘84-‘85 in Gardone VT, which is about 20 mi from Fiave. I got a good taste of where and what my family was all about.

What a great opportunity