Where They Went: Geographic Settlement Patterns of the Dillman Families

Historical illustration of Castle Garden, America's first official immigration processing station in New York, which operated from 1855 to 1890 before Ellis Island opened.

Migration is never random. People follow rivers, railroads, and relatives. They settle where earlier arrivals from the same village have already staked out ground, where

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