Some amazingly well researched trees

[Shropshire Lass]

I have had people ask me why their relatives arrived in Canada when they wanted to live in the U.S. (How do you answer that?) I tried to think of reasons, proximity to destination, and/or price of ticket? I don?t think they liked the answers, but I honestly don?t know what was going through the mind of their relative. 

Janice

Some of my Irish ancestors went this route.  The family story is that they were "wanted" in Ireland and apparently it was easier to get into Canada - all part of the Empire?  They were later smuggled into USA to join the rest of the family.  I haven't found any way of verifying this information. 

You could suggest this possibility to people but they probably won't like this option either!

Monica

[Janice M]

Monica,

It was easier! Apparently people weren't checked out quite as well as they were in the U.S. 

Do I want to tell them that?  Hmm... not me!

Janice

[MrsLizzy]

There's one man who's got me down as having permission to see his tree on GR, although I've never asked for it and don't want it.  He contacted me to ask if one of my Phillips relatives was the same person as one of this, although they had different first names and were married to men with different names, AND mine lived in London while his lived elsewhere.  I did explain all this but I think he's forgotten to remove me.  It's nice of people to take the trouble to check for a connection even if it does seem unlikely - unfortunately Phillips is such a common name and I know I've felt desperate to make some progress in the past.  Luckily my brother took them over and made HUGE progress in very short order!  The show-off! 

[marilynesther]

Some folks just have the knack.  A new set of eyes looking at the old info in a different light.... hummmm , poetic...

Pegasus -
Oh, the horror of finding out that I need more practice with cluttering up my pc area.  Can't believe it could get worse than it is ! 
YIPES !

M