The Abrams Collection is the 10th largest in the United States. Salt Lake is first, then Allen County Public Library, then the Newberry Library in Chicago. They are now housed in the Rose Arena during construction of the new library building. This collection is housed in the main building downtown on Woodward Avenue across from the Art Institute. Research the neighbors.
People often travel together from the village or city of origin to a common destination in America.
A lone traveler will most often be going to a destination in America where others from their village have gone before. People stayed within their comfort zones. Like attracts like. Naming patterns are particularly important in helping decipher lineages. In Scotland and Germany the first male child was usually named after the father's father, and the second after the mother's father.