From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Jan 31 17:29:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k110T4Mo010809; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:29:04 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k110T2Yg006498 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:29:02 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0VM10FI003918 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:01:00 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0VM102w003917 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:01:00 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0VLk9FI003842 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:46:09 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k110DxCY032249 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:13:59 -0700 X-Envelope-From: tikka99@btopenworld.com Tue Jan 31 17:13:59 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k110DxMo032240 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:13:59 -0700 Received: from smtp814.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (smtp814.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.12.204]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k110Dwu9032200 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:13:59 -0700 Received: (qmail 41410 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2006 00:13:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO q7f9u7) (tikka99@btinternet.com@213.122.55.211 with login) by smtp814.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2006 00:13:54 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.375 [267.14.23/243]); Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:17:22 +0000 Message-ID: <006001c626c4$def3c140$d3377ad5@q7f9u7> From: "Rob Rushton" To: "Liz Parmalee" , References: <00d401c62535$6f0300c0$a4988843@y9w6c2> <001901c6259a$b763a530$03c22f44@elizabetf0vpz0> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] a question of , why did they move Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 00:17:20 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com They may also have moved a lot because a lot of agricultural work was seasonal. Or if they were involved in industry, they may have moved to a new factory or been relocated by their employer, as were some of my ancestors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Parmalee" To: Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] a question of , why did they move > My relatives in England moved a bit because they were renters (renting can > make a unstable lifestyle, not because the rent is due, per se, but because > the rent might go up, the landlord might want to rent to his children or > relatives, the place may be too small, too big, etc.), and also because they > were agricultural laborers. > Happy Hunting! > Liz Parmalee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:39 PM > Subject: [ROOTS-L] a question of , why did they move > > > > Hello group As I start my twentieth year of family research I start to > > wonder why my ggg grandparents moved around so much , Have you found > > yours did to ? , Why was this ? > > my ggg-gandparent ( James and Mary Lenox of county Derry Ireland landed > > in New York { city state is uncertain } in Aug. of 1820 , I find them > > in > > Rome N Y in 1830 , then Guernesy Co Ohio in 1840 , then in Ross Co Ohio > > in > > 1850 , , Where it says the children are born thusly New york ( 1822 ) > > Massuchusetts (1824 )(1830) , New York (1832) , Penns(1833) , > > Penns(1840 ) > > . but its really Ohio > > Is it because the rent was due ? , the grass is greener in the next > > county ? > > why ? , Phil > >