Timeline for Validate the Michigan migration claim in its tag wiki
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| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:47 | comment | added | user104 | @GeneJ, I know about the St. Lawrence seaway and did enough research to understand that the opening of the Erie canal was one of the catalysts for an increase in immigration to Michigan. I don't think that in the 19th century, most immigrant ships from Europe to the US would have taken that route. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:45 | comment | added | GeneJ | P.S. Continued (b) (b) The St. Lawrence Seaway extends 2500 miles; it "permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, as far inland as the western end of Lake Superior." (Wikipedia, Saint Lawrence Seaway). See also, "World Port Service," for a listing of the different ports on the various waterways. worldportsource.com/waterways/systems/… | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:45 | comment | added | GeneJ | P.S. (a) "U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services" (USCIS) has a field office in Detroit, which would be lower Michigan. egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/… also | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 20:39 | comment | added | GeneJ | A good rule of thumb might not be whether the claim is claim, but whether it is "common knowledge." At least in terms of my own family research, I find the claim fails to recognize migration from Canada, for example. | |
| Dec 18, 2012 at 14:27 | history | answered | user104 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |